Featuring the Saint: Difference between revisions
→Stories: more detail |
→Stories: tweaks |
||
| Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
The book consisted of the following stories: |
The book consisted of the following stories: |
||
# The Logical Adventure: Templar pursues a famous aviator involved in an international drug-smuggling and flesh-peddling ring. |
# The Logical Adventure: Templar pursues a famous aviator involved in an international drug-smuggling and flesh-peddling ring. A small portion of the story takes place in mainland Europe. |
||
# The Wonderful War: The Saint travels to the fictional [[Central America|Central American]] nation of Pasala where he seeks to avenge the murder of an oil prospector and spark a revolution. This was the first story to feature Templar's agent Archie Sheridan, and the first to take place exclusively outside the United Kingdom |
# The Wonderful War: The Saint travels to the fictional [[Central America|Central American]] nation of Pasala where he seeks to avenge the murder of an oil prospector and spark a revolution. This was the first story to feature Templar's agent Archie Sheridan, and the first to take place exclusively outside the United Kingdom. Set in an exotic location, it could also be seen as a prototype for the many "[[travelogue]]"-style Saint adventures that would follow in future years. |
||
# The Man Who Could Not Die. |
# The Man Who Could Not Die. |
||
Revision as of 05:02, 19 June 2006
 Early 1960s edition, tying into The Saint TV series | |
| Author | Leslie Charteris |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Saint |
| Genre | Mystery, Novella |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton |
Publication date | 1931 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Preceded by | Knight Templar |
| Followed by | Alias the Saint |
Featuring the Saint is a collection of three mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom in 1931 by Hodder and Stoughton. This was the fifth book to feature the adventures of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint". It was the first novella collection to be published since Enter the Saint a year earlier. The three stories had previously been published in magazines.
The first American publication of Featuring the Saint occurred in 1931 as part of the compilation Wanted for Murder, which also included the contents of the following book, Alias the Saint. Later editions published in the 1960s included a foreward by Charteris apologizing for the by-then "outdated" nature of the stories.
Stories
The book consisted of the following stories:
- The Logical Adventure: Templar pursues a famous aviator involved in an international drug-smuggling and flesh-peddling ring. A small portion of the story takes place in mainland Europe.
- The Wonderful War: The Saint travels to the fictional Central American nation of Pasala where he seeks to avenge the murder of an oil prospector and spark a revolution. This was the first story to feature Templar's agent Archie Sheridan, and the first to take place exclusively outside the United Kingdom. Set in an exotic location, it could also be seen as a prototype for the many "travelogue"-style Saint adventures that would follow in future years.
- The Man Who Could Not Die.
![[icon]](/enwiki/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. |
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
"The Wonderful War" was adapted as an episode of The Saint and first broadcast during the show's second season on January 2, 1964. "The Man Who Could Not Die" was adapted by the same series for its fourth season and first aried on August 5, 1965.
External links
- Book review page including a review of "The Logical Adventure"
 | This article about a mystery novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page. |