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A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.

Barbara Mertz

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Barbara Mertz
Age: 85 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 29
Died: 2013
Died: August 8
Archaeologist
Author
Egyptologist
Novelist
Writer
Canton
Illinois
Elizabeth Peters
Barbara Michaels
Barbara Louise Mertz
Youth
Especially
Common
Young
Fondness
Martyrdom
Verbal
Variety

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