The Black Abbot (novel)
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| Author | Edgar Wallace |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Publication date | 1926 |
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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[]
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
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- 1926 British novels
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