![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her first husband was Archibald Christie they married in 1914 and had one child before divorcing in 1928. She was initially an unsuccessful writer with six consecutive rejections, but this changed in 1920 when The Mysterious Affair at Styles, featuring detective Hercule Poirot, was published. ![]() Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.Ĭhristie was born into a wealthy upper middle class family in Torquay, Devon, and was largely home-schooled. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. A writer during the " Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End since 1952. Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE ( née Miller 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. ![]()
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![]() ![]() This was taken from Chuck Missler's "Learn the Bible in 24 Hours". The numerical value corresponds to the rate at which the letter is given in the scriptures (like above). The positive numbers represent the tree being spelled forward and the negative numbers represent when the tree was spelled backwards. This is only an example, but you can see how the trees are encoded in this fashion.įrom Genesis 1:29 to Genesis 2:9, the following trees are encoded in the Hebrew language. The word "FIG" is encoded at a rate of 4 in the sentence "For I am God". Twenty-six of these trees (and all the trees in the Bible, except the sycamore, apple and juniper) are encoded from Genesis 1:29 to Genesis 2:9! Here is an example of an equidistant, letter sequence code like the one that is used for the tree codes. There are many different kinds of trees mentioned in the Bible. Did you know that there are all kinds of codes in the Bible? There is a very interesting set of codes in the beginning of Genesis. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you want an excellent work of English Fiction with more than a dash of humor, read Pratchett today. Pratchett is his own genre, and we’re blessed he chose to use fantasy as his setting. At least not until you’re familiar with his style. The pieces are all there that you’ll recognize, but I doubt you’ll know what they’re there or how they’ll play at. I don’t think Pratchett is meant to be read for escapism fantasy where you get a to relive familiar stories told in a new way. The plot is simplistic in it’s through line, but surreal in its side tangents. ![]() I think it speaks volumes that his conman skills are what makes him the ideal candidate to run the organization in a post tower (e-mail allegory) world. ![]() The novel centers around Moist von Lipwig, a loveable rouge who survives his own hanging after being caught stealing, only to be placed in charge of the postal service. A splendid send-up of government, the postal system, and everything that lies in between in this newest entry in Terry Pratchett’s internationally bestselling Discworld series. I’m so glad I gave him another short! I can’t wait to read more. These chapters begin with a synopsis of philosophical themes, in a similar manner. Unusually for a Discworld novel (other than the children's books and The Science of Discworld s) Going Postal and its sequels are divided into chapters. Thankfully a good friend demanded that I try again and recommended this novel to start. Going Postal is Terry Pratchett's 33rd Discworld novel, released in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2004. I’d tried him the past, but started with his first Discworld novel, The Color of Magic, big mistake! It was an okay novel, but it wasn’t Pratchett at his best. If you’ve never read Pratchett before, start here. ![]() ![]() Clayton is a character who appears in Lunar Park (2005).Blair, however, is still in love with him. His moral complicity and his calculated passivity have hardened into downright cruelty, partly as a result of his extreme narcissism. ![]()
![]() ![]() Even cloistered away in Nottingham, she acts as a spy, passing information to the rogues in Sherwood. In some tales the happy couple refuse to marry until the Merry Men are pardoned, hence she is called "Maid Marian".īut Marian (or Marion, as her name is often spelled) is not always a weak character in need of rescuing. There are times when Maid Marian is merely the hero's girlfriend. Our hero will have to rescue her from these men. ![]() And her unwanted suitors include the sheriff, Guy of Gisborne and even Prince John. Other times she is the ward of the sheriff or Prince John. However, in other stories, she's a Saxon who's known Robin since they were children. She meets Robin when he ambushes a group of Norman knights. Sometimes she's a Norman noblewoman, daughter of Lord Fitzwalter or Sir Richard at the Lee, a knight who was helped by Robin Hood. True, she can be merely a damsel-in-distress. She has become a very important part of the legend. Marian's a late-comer to the legend, and she doesn't appear in many of the traditional ballads. Click here to see a picture of the church. Mary's church in the village of Edwinstowe. ![]() ![]() Local legend says Robin and Marian were married in St. She is Robin Hood's true love and truly a great woman. There's an old saying that behind every great man is a great woman. ![]() |