1926 novel by Edgar Wallace From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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 following year Wallace turned the story into a play The Terror which itself had several film adaptations.
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]
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