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The Rose and the Yew Tree
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 the US by Farrar & Rinehart later in the same year. It is the fourth of six novels Christie published under the nom-de-plume Mary Westmacott.
The novel's title.
The title of the novel is taken from Section V of "Little Gidding" from T. S. Eliot's "Four Quartets". The
refers to the Biblical account of Belshazzar's feast (Daniel, chapter 5), which is the origin of the expression "the writing on the wall".
- "The Rose and the Yew Tree" from Section V of "Little Gidding" from T. S. Eliot's "Four Quartets": "The moment of the rose and the moment of the yew-tree/Are of equal duration".
- "Postern of Fate" from the poem "Gates of Damascus" by James Elroy Flecker: