The Spear

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This article is about a novel by James Herbert. For the satirical painting by South African artist Brett Murray, see The Spear (painting).
The Spear by James Herbert

The Spear is a 1978 novel by British author James Herbert dealing with Nazi occultism and the Holy Lance.

Plot summary

The book deals with a neo-Nazi cult in Britain and an international conspiracy which includes a right-wing US general and a sinister arms dealer, and their obsession with and through the occult with resurrecting Heinrich Himmler.

Court case

In an earlier version of the The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail/The Da Vinci Code lawsuit,[1] Trevor Ravenscroft sued James Herbert [2] claiming the novel infringed on his 1973 non-fiction book The Spear of Destiny.[3] Herbert declined to pay Ravenscroft damages and eventually removed the offending content.[4]

See also

  • Nazi occultism

References

  1. ↑ 'No surprise' in Da Vinci judgement
  2. ↑ Ravenscroft v Herbert (1980) RPC 193
  3. ↑ Ravenscroft, Trevor (1982). The Spear of Destiny. Weiser Books. ISBN 0-87728-547-0. 
  4. ↑ Nick Freeman (2006) 'A decadent appetite for the lurid'?: James Herbert, The Spear and 'Nazi Gothic'. Gothic Studies Volume 8 (2). 80-97.
Works by James Herbert
Novels
  • The Rats (1974)
  • The Fog (1975)
  • The Survivor (1976)
  • Fluke (1977)
  • The Spear (1978)
  • Lair (1979)
  • The Dark (1980)
  • The Jonah (1981)
  • Shrine (1983)
  • Domain (1984)
  • Moon (1985)
  • The Magic Cottage (1986)
  • Sepulchre (1987)
  • Haunted (1988)
  • Creed (1990)
  • Portent (1992)
  • The City (1993)
  • The Ghosts of Sleath (1994)
  • '48 (1996)
  • Others (1999)
  • Once (2001)
  • Nobody True (2003)
  • The Secret of Crickley Hall (2006)
  • Ash (2012)
Short stories
  • "Maurice and Mog" (1987)
  • "Breakfast" (1989)
  • "Halloween's Child" (1990)
  • "They Don't Like Us" (1997)
  • "Extinct" (2003)
  • "Cora's Needs" (2003)
Non-fiction
  • By Horror Haunted (1992)
  • James Herbert's Dark Places (1993)
Adaptations


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