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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
Barbara Mertz
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Barbara Mertz
Age: 85 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 29
Died: 2013
Died: August 8
Archaeologist
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Egyptologist
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Canton
Illinois
Elizabeth Peters
Barbara Michaels
Barbara Louise Mertz
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But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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