pale horse

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Among those paying tribute on Twitter was the screenwriter and television producer Sarah Phelps, known for her work on EastEnders and BBC serial adaptations, including Agatha Christie’s The Witness For the Prosecution, The ABC Murders and The Pale Horse, as well as of JK Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy.

From The Guardian

Katherine Anne Porter’s “Pale Horse, Pale Rider” was inspired by the flu epidemic of 1918-1919 that killed millions at the same time that World War I, which killed millions more, was ending.

From Washington Times

The Jehovah’s Witnesses cite the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 as evidence that this figure from Revelation, who sits atop a pale horse and sows death through plague and other ills, has been riding the Earth in the modern era.

From Washington Post

This year’s big Agatha Christie adaptation, The Pale Horse, is one of her less well-known murder mysteries – but in some ways it has had a much greater impact than the others.

From The Guardian

There are certainly some uncomfortable parallels between The Pale Horse and the crimes committed by Graham Young.

From The Guardian