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Royal Quiet De Luxe
What people say
"wrote on a Royal Quiet De Luxe; one is preserved at his Finca Vigía house in Cuba"
— Ernest Hemingway
"ordered a gold-plated Quiet De Luxe after finishing Casino Royale"
— Ian Fleming
"carried a Quiet De Luxe through his early reporting years"
— Tom Wolfe
Used by
Ernest Hemingway
Across the River and into the Trees, The Old Man and the Sea, and later work (1940s–1961)
Ian Fleming
later Bond novels (1950s–1960s)
Tom Wolfe
early reporting (1960s)
Joan Didion
early reporting and drafts (used various machines) (1960s)
See & hear it for yourself
All sources
External, in their original form. The people who know these machines best — click through to read and watch.
Specifications
- Manufacturer
- Royal
- Origin
- United States
- Years
- 1939–1958
- Form
- Portable
- Mass
- 5 kg
- Shift
- carriage