What fictional character from a British book was made into a video game in 1998
James Bond (literary character) Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR, is a fictional character created by British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. He is the protagonist of the "James Bond" series of novels, films, comics and video games. Fleming wrote twelve Bond novels and two short story collections. His final two books—"The Man with the Golden Gun" (1965) and "Octopussy and The Living Daylights" (1966)—were published posthumously.
Julian Kestrel Julian Kestrel is a fictional character in a four book mystery series by Kate Ross. The books in the series include "Cut to the Quick" (1994), "A Broken Vessel" (1995), "Whom the Gods Love" (1996), and "The Devil in Music" (1998). "The Lullaby Cheat" (1997), a short story featuring Kestrel, is included in the mystery anthology "Crime Through Time," edited by Miriam Grace Monfredo and Sharan Newman. The novels and short story in the series are set in the English Regency era in Great Britain. Kestrel is a trend-setting dandy, similar in influence to Beau Brummel, who takes up detection as a response to boredom with the emptiness of society. Over the course of the series, it is revealed that Kestrel is the son of a talented actress, who died giving birth to him, and the younger son of a Yorkshire squire who was disowned by his well-to-do family after his marriage. He was later mentored by a French nobleman who helped him learn the ways of society and the appropriate way to dress.