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[K1Bond007]

I have a couple of books that clearly say that James Bond attended the University of Geneva (just like Fleming). One of which, just off the top of my head, is Henry Chancellor's The Man and His World. I also distinctly remember reading that Bond attends there in one of Fleming's novels or short stories, but I can't recall which one.

Theres a small reference to the fact (that could be read as ambiguous) in From Russia with Love when Bond is in an airplane flying over some mountains where he has a flashback with companions from the University, but it's not really solid.

Anyone know what novel this is referenced in? (with chapter, possibly page number, or just an approximation of when it happens in the story would be great.)

[K1Bond007]

According to 007Forever.. it was from Pearson's authorised biography.

" - It is mentioned that Bond went to Geneva University, which he did not. The year is all wrong and not in keeping with what Fleming wrote in You Only Live Twice`s obituary. The reference to the University comes from a passage in From Russia With Love .when Bond remembers mountain climbing at age seventeen "with friends from the Univeristy of Geneva". That doesn`t mean he went to the University, only that his friends did. Also note that this same reference implies that Bond did not have his scar at age seventeen;something that Pearson has Bond getting at sixteen in an auto accident."

I seem to recall actually reading it in a Fleming novel, but I guess not.