Edith Pargeter (September 28, 1913 to October 14, 1995) is the real name behind the mystery writer Ellis Peters, whose 12th century detective stories are widely popular. For instance the BBC adapted her Brother Cadfael mysteries for a television series starring Derek Jacobi.
Some of her stories feature cats. The Trinity Cat (2006, may be a reprint date) is the leading story in a collection of that name, and her cat stories appear in other collections also: More Mystery Cats (1993) edited by Lilian Jackson Braun is just one example.
Pargeter also won a reputation and awards for her work translating Czechoslovakian literature. The Terezín Requiem (1963), was a Joseph Bor story of a Verdi concert at Auschwitz.. In 1949, The Coast of Bohemia, her account of her travels there, had appeared.
May 27, 1564 John Calvin, a Protestant theologian who argued for predestination, was fond of his wife's cat,"Henriette." His wife and his wife's cat died in the same month, and according to J. Stephen Lang, author of 1,001 Things You Always Wanted to Know about Cats, Calvin did not get another wife or another cat. John Calvin died on May 27, 1564.
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