![]() He began writing the SAS novels in 1964, when an editor told him that Ian Fleming had died and that de Villiers might create the next James Bond. Gérard de Villiers was a correspondent for France-Soir and other newspapers. ![]() The publisher released three other books in English through 2016. ![]() In 2014, Vintage Books posthumously published English versions of The Madmen of Benghazi and Chaos in Kabul, translated and adapted by William Rodarmor. The novel's title is a play on initials: Son Altesse Sérénissime (SAS) is the French version of "His Serene Highness" (HSH) and the British Special Air Service (SAS) is the principal special forces unit of the British Army. Villiers's books have been bestsellers, making him a very wealthy man. Since 2006, the novels have been published as comic books, though aimed chiefly at adults given their contents of violence and sex. Son Altesse Sérénissime (His Serene Highness) is a series of espionage novels created by French author Gérard de Villiers, featuring Austrian prince Malko Linge as the lead character. ![]()
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