• The Rose and the Yew Tree is a tragedy novel written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by William Heinemann Ltd in November 1948 and in...
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    Asia. It is the tree originally known as yew, though with other related trees becoming known, it may be referred to as common yew, European yew, or in North...
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    Lee Kuan Yew GCMG CH SPMJ DK (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew; 16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean statesman...
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    more, the last in 1956.: 366  The other Westmacott titles are: Unfinished Portrait (1934), Absent in the Spring (1944), The Rose and the Yew Tree (1948)...
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    Agatha Christie bibliography (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
    amount surpassed only by the Bible and the works of William Shakespeare. She is also the most translated individual author in the world with her books having...
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    allegations, predominantly the abuse of children, against the English media personality Jimmy Savile and others. The investigation, led by the Metropolitan Police...
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  • And Then There Were None is a 1943 play by crime writer Agatha Christie. The play, like the 1939 book on which it is based, was originally titled and...
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  • Crooked House (category Novels set in the 1940s)
    Taverner of Scotland Yard was as brilliant as usual but barking up the wrong tree – as Agatha Christie demonstrates in a surprise ending which introduces...
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    Max Mallowan (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
    1904 – 19 August 1978) was a prominent British archaeologist and academic, specializing in the Ancient Near East. Having studied classics at Oxford University...
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  • him. In The Rose and the Yew Tree—written under Christie's pen name Mary Westmacott, her protagonist understands how Iago suffered, "hat[ing] the human...
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  • Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar is a 2019 British alternative history television drama film about crime writer Agatha Christie becoming embroiled in a...
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    Archie Christie (category Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George)
    British businessman and military officer. He was the first husband of mystery writer Dame Agatha Christie; they married in 1914 and divorced in 1928. They...
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  • Agatha and the Midnight Murders is a 2020 British alternative history television drama film about crime writer Agatha Christie. The film premiered on Channel...
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  • The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead &...
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  • Kusamaki Taxaceae (Yew family) Taxus, Yew Only one species. Ginkgoaceae (Ginkgo family) Ginkgo biloba, Ginkgo 2 families include trees. Cycadaceae (Cycad...
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  • 1948 in literature (category Years of the 20th century in literature)
    Wanton Agatha Christie Taken at the Flood The Rose and the Yew Tree (as by Mary Westmacott) The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories James Gould Cozzens...
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  • Heart of the Matter; Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead; Agatha Christie's Taken at the Flood, The Rose and the Yew Tree, and The Witness for the Prosecution...
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  • Rose (born 25 July 1965) is an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for Yew Tree ARLFC...
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  • bows made from yew wood. The bowstave is cut from the radius of the tree so that sapwood (on the outside of the tree) becomes the back and forms about one...
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  • Christie: A Life in Pictures is a 2004 BBC Television docudrama telling the life story of the British crime-writer Agatha Christie in her words. Olivia Williams...
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    caprea) Purple Willow (Salix purpurea) Yews European Yew (Taxus baccata) These larger shrubs occasionally reach tree size: Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)...
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    Saint Anne's Park (category Rose gardens)
    recognised Rose Garden and newer miniature rose garden, and Dublin's city arboretum, the Millennium Arboretum, which was formed with 1,000 varieties of tree, have...
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    Topiary (category Trees)
    Adam and Eve in yew; Adam a little shattered by the fall of the tree of knowledge in the great storm; Eve and the serpent very flourishing. The tower...
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    chapels and cloisters and "walls" of different species of trees. The tree cathedral was planned by Edmond Blyth in the 1930s as an act of "Faith, hope and reconciliation"...
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    English longbow (category Archery in the United Kingdom)
    enough yew to justify a royal monopoly. Forestry records in this area in the 17th century do not mention yew, and it seems that no mature trees were to...
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    Agatha Award (category Mystery and detective fiction awards)
    The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the traditional mystery subgenre: "books typified...
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  • List of woods (category Lists of trees)
    woods, most commonly used in the timber and lumber trade. Araucaria Hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) Monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana) Paraná pine...
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    and possibly in the name of gods. The tree of life appears in Norse religion as Yggdrasil, the world tree, a massive tree (sometimes considered a yew...
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    Rowan (redirect from Quicken Tree)
    The rowans (/ˈraʊənz/ ROW-ənz or /ˈroʊənz/ ROH-ənz) or mountain-ashes are shrubs or trees in the genus Sorbus of the rose family, Rosaceae. They are native...
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    unlike trees. Those that are used include several perfumed species such as lavender and rose, and a wide range of plants with medicinal uses. Tea and coffee...
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