Royale-les-Eaux
Royale-les-Eaux is a
James Bond novels of Ian Fleming and others, particularly Casino Royale (1953)[1] and On Her Majesty's Secret Service
(1963).
Location
Royale-les-Eaux is a
Stella-Plage, and in the département of Pas-de-Calais
, to the north of Somme.
Some sources identify it with Deauville,[7] other with Le Touquet.[8]
History
The town's fictional history is outlined in Casino Royale. Formerly just a small
sulphur to make it marketable as mineral water. Royale reinvented itself as a spa town, renamed itself "Royale-les-Eaux" and began exporting "Eau Royale", in a torpedo-shaped bottle. This success was short-lived, and following lawsuits from Vichy, Perrier and Vittel sale of Eau Royale became merely local once more. The town thereafter survived on seaside holidaymakers in the summer and its small fishing fleet
in the winter, as well as "the crumbs which fell to its elegantly dilapidated Casino from the table at Le Touquet".
Royale's renaissance came after the
baccarat tables to a group of Egyptians, the Mahomet Ali Syndicate.[2]
This is the context in which Casino Royale opens.
In film
The 2006 film adaptation completely changed the location of the plot, setting the action in Montenegro.[9]
References
- ISBN 978-1-350-12461-5.
- ^ a b Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, Ch. 2
- ^ a b Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, Ch. 5
- ISBN 978-1-4259-3100-1.
- ^ Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, Ch. 1
- ^ Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Ch. 2
- ^ Biddulph, Edward (2022-06-30). Double-O Dining: A James Bond Cookbook. BearManor Media.
- ISBN 978-1-5381-3858-8.
- ISBN 978-0-7509-6650-4.