Royale-les-Eaux

This time not only does Bond get the girl, but he marries her too. Marking the second book of a trilogy, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is best read after Thunderball. The story starts in Royale-les-Eaux with Bond saving a girl from drowning herself, who turns out to be the daughter of the head of [...]

Casino Royale is Ian Fleming’s first novel and introduces the character of James Bond and his tastes and vices in a style of vivid writing that led to the accusation of “sex, sadism and snobbery”. It introduces us to many of the concepts that are to feature in the later books and in the films, [...]

Placing the fictional town of Royale-les-Eaux precisely has always proved difficult, due to the scant information available, first in Casino Royale and later in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.