The Pale Horse. Агата Кристи
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First published in Great Britain by Collins, The Crime Club 1961
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To John and Helen Mildmay White with many thanks for the opportunity given me to see justice done
Contents
Chapter 1: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 4: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 5: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 6: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 7: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 9: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 11: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 12: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 13: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 14: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 15: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 16: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 17: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 18: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 19: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 20: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 21: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 22: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 23: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 24: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
Chapter 25: Mark Easterbrook’s Narrative
There are two methods, it seems to me, of approaching this strange business of the Pale Horse. In spite of the dictum of the White King, it is difficult to achieve simplicity. One cannot, that is to say, ‘Begin at the beginning, go on to the end, and then stop.’ For where is the beginning?
To a historian, that always is the difficulty. At what point in history does one particular portion of history begin?