Vendetta for the Saint

Vendetta for the Saint

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name = Vendetta for the Saint
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image_caption = 1964 American hardback
author = Harry Harrison
(based upon characters created by Leslie Charteris)
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = The Saint
genre = Mystery novel
publisher = The Crime Club
release_date = 1964
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages =
isbn = NA
preceded_by = The Saint in the Sun
followed_by = The Saint on TV

"Vendetta for the Saint" is the title of a 1964 mystery novel featuring the character of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint". The novel is credited to Leslie Charteris, who created the Saint in 1928, but the book was actually authored by Harry Harrison, a noted science fiction author who also wrote the syndicated "Saint" comic strip. Although Charteris is sometimes credited as co-author of the book, Harrison's official website indicates that the novel was fully ghost written by Harrison [http://www.iol.ie/~carrollm/hh/n04.htm] . The reference work "The Saint: A Complete History" by Burl Barer, however, indicates that Charteris was heavily involved in editing the book. This was the first Saint volume published after Charteris chose to step back from actively writing the adventures, and would be followed by a number of books credited to Charteris but actually written by other authors; Charteris would, however, continue as editor of the books, approving stories and revising material when needed. These books would be mostly based upon teleplays from the TV series or scenarios from the comic strip; the next wholly original Saint literary stories wouldn't be published until the novella collection "Catch the Saint" more than a decade later.

"Vendetta for the Saint" was the first full-length Saint novel published since "The Saint Sees it Through" was published 18 years earlier.

In 1969 a television adaptation of the novel (see below for details) was released as a theatrical film, also entitled "Vendetta for the Saint".

Plot summary

"To be added."

Television adaptation

"Vendetta for the Saint" was adapated as a two-part episode of "The Saint", and was broadcast during the programme's final season on January 5 and 12, 1969. Roger Moore played Simon Templar. After the series ended, the two episodes were edited together as a movie that was distributed theatrically in Europe and was also released to TV and, much later, home video.

The TV series adapted a number of Charteris' original Saint stories and novels during its run; "Vendetta for the Saint" was the last of these adaptations to be broadcast and the only one not based upon a solo Charteris work. It is also one of only four full-length novels to be adapted by the series.

External links

* [http://www.iol.ie/~carrollm/hh/n04.htm Harry Harrison official homepage] - information about "Vendetta for the Saint"
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