In the Spirit of St. Tropez: From A to Z

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Summary: where the wealthiest meet
Review: This book makes you imagine you're in the village of Saint Tropez. Situated at the Mediterranean coast, in the South of France, it's a place blessed with a Californian climate.

You won't be on your own, by the way. Saint Tropez, once an innocent fisherman's village, is now a jet-set bathing resort. A place to show off yourself and/or your most outrageous luxuries. A place with standards looser en more immoral than elsewhere. The many splendid photos in 'the Spirit of St. Tropez' testify about that.

Consequently this book is mostly filled up with gossip about all celebrities visiting. It opens with an introduction by Brigitte Bardot, who in 1958 purchased her summer-resort in Saint Tropez. And whose most famous movie 'Et Dieu créa la femme' (= and God created woman) was shot in and around this very village. Later on Bardot was followed by celebrities like Mick Jagger, Donna Summer, Jane Fonda, Jack Nicolson, Picasso, princess Diana, and all other sorts of royalty.

St. Tropez also has its literary touch. Such as by the famous French novelist Françoise Sagan. Or by Colette, another great name in French literature. Colette's opinion: "no road goes right through St. Tropez. There is just one that leads you to the village, but no further. If you want to leave, you have to go back on your tracks. But will you want to leave?"