Royal Tunbridge Wells Inspector Bone mysteries by Susannah Stacey are also set in and around Tunbridge Wells. In Fanny Burney's 1796 novel "Camilla", several characters make an excursion to Tunbridge Wells, and there are many references to The Pantiles and other local sites. In Bleak House by Charles Dickens the children find a mug in the cupboard entitled "A Present From Tunbridge Wells." David Lean's epic film "Lawrence of Arabia" closes with Mr. Dryden answering King Feisal: "Me, your Highness? On the whole, I wish I'd stayed in Tunbridge Wells", and in the James Bond film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" Tracy Di
Royal Tunbridge Wells the main reservoir in the area is Bewl Water. The Kent and Sussex Crematorium and Cemetery opened in 1873, known initially as the "Frant Forest Cemetery" due to its location, laid out over by the then town surveyor. Royal Tunbridge Wells also has a library, museum and art gallery in Civic Way. Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Valley of Fear", H. G. Wells' Christina Alberta's Father, Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow", Philip Reeve's "Mortal Engines", E. M. Forster's "A Room with a View", Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest", Arnold Bennett's The Old Wives' Tale and Zadie Smith's "White Teeth". The