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Book Review: The Saint Meets His Match by Leslie Charteris

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 12 Jun

I'm slowly reading all the classic “Saint” books in order. It's been a while since I read the last one, because I only recently acquired the next in the series. I save money by buying job lots of books and selling on the...

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Book Review: Alias The Saint by Leslie Charteris

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 25 Oct 24

In my quest to read all the Saint books in order, I've come to the sixth volume - “Alias The Saint.” This book is a collection of three short stories, originally published in magazines before being collected together in 1931....

Book Review: Featuring The Saint by Leslie Charteris

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 5 May 24

I've been reading the adventures of Leslie Charteris' famous adventure character Simon Templar, aka “The Saint” in order of book publication. It's been a while since the last one, because I save money by buying books in job lots...

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Book Review: The Saint Closes the Case by Leslie Charteris

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 9 Apr 23

In my ongoing quest to read all the adventures of Simon Templar in order, I've just finished the third book in the saga. “The Saint Closes the Case” was originally titled “The Last Hero”, which I think is a better title. First...

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Book Review: Enter The Saint by Leslie Charteris

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 10 May 22

In my ongoing quest to read and review all of Simon Templar's adventures in order of publication, here's my review of the second book in the series: “Enter The Saint” by Leslie Charteris. First published in 1930, this book...

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Book Review: Meet the Tiger by Leslie Charteris – The first Saint novel

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 21 Nov 21

First published in 1928, this is the first book in the long-running adventures of Simon Templar – known as “The Saint” from his initials. I remember watching the TV series with Roger Moore when I was a kid, and I picked up one of...

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The Saint is Gone

celticeagle @celticeagle (189915) • Boise, Idaho 23 May 17

Roger Moore died today in Switzerland. He was 89. He was knighted by the queen. Played Bond seven times and later played The Saint on tv. In his retiring years he was an ambassador for UNICEF. He was quite the man.

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What is the most boring movie you have ever watched?

csrobins @csrobins (1120) • United States 7 Mar 09

The title pretty much asks it all. I have watched a lot of really boring movies not bu choice but by an old boyfriend's ha, it is always some action or genre in which no one cares abou but them. I don't even remember the name of...

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JUNGLE @JUNGLE (1157) • South Africa 23 Jun 07

Roger Moore was superb as Leslie Charteris'"The Saint" on television and equally good on the big screen as James Bond.Apart from seeing him on several other films in the past, I have not seen him since.Has he perhaps gone into...

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