Enter the Saint

As with other Saint books, many different editions of Enter the Saint have been published over the years, although unlike many early Simon Templar collections, it appears never to have been published under any other title. Not all editions include all three stories. The 1983 Avenel omnibus includes only "The Man Who Was Clever" and "The Lawless Lady", while a 1960s edition by Fiction Publishing Company (an imprint of Doubleday) omits "The Man Who Was Clever"; both despite the fact that the three stories are interconnected. Charteris wrote introductions to both editions, suggesting that he was aware of (and therefore possibly approved or requested) the omissions. ==Publication history==

The three novellas were published in the magazine Thriller prior to being collected: • "The Man Who Was Clever" - 4 May 1929 (as "The Five Kings") • "The Policeman with Wings" - 24 August 1929 (as "The House on the Moors") • "The Lawless Lady" - 19 October 1929 (as "Crooks Cargo") ==Television adaptation==

"The Lawless Lady" was adapted as an episode of The Saint starring Roger Moore and first broadcast on 30 January 1964. The basic storyline of the episode, however, is substantially different from the original. This is the earliest Charteris story to be adapted for the TV series. Enter the Saint was also the title of a BBC Radio documentary on Simon Templar and Leslie Charteris, broadcast in 1998. ==References==