The Black Abbot (novel)
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| Author | Edgar Wallace |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Publication date | 1926 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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The Black Abbot is a crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace which was first published in 1926[1] about the ghost of an abbot haunting the grounds of an old abbey and protecting a lost treasure. The following year Wallace turned the story into a play The Terror which itself had several film adaptations.
Film adaptation
It was adapted in 1963 by the German studio Rialto Film as The Black Abbot as part of a long-running series of Wallace adaptations made by the company.[2]
References
- ↑ Kabatchnik, Amnon (2012). Blood on the Stage, 1975-2000: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery and Detection. Scarecrow Press. p. 166. ISBN 9780810883550.
- ↑ Goble p.486
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
- The Black Abbot at Faded Page (Canada)
- The Black Abbot at Project Gutenberg Australia
