[quote=""EC2""]Brenna, I don't know where Helen Castor got her information from. I haven't come across any reference to domestic violence in conventional sources. My info came from my 'psychic time-travel' resource rather than the usual channels. I'd be fascinated to know where Helen Castor got her information, because if she has a conventional source for it, it is excellent backup for what I found non-conventionally. I did feel my version had the ring of truth and I felt it was what really happened - I would never have put it in just to make it more juicy for the readers. Bottom line it was done with integrity. I do appreciate that some readers will have had life experiences that sometimes make reading some aspects of historical fiction a bit tense.
Re Eleanor. I am hoping it will be published in the USA - so far there is interest. In the meantime, I have agreed a contract with Sourcebooks for A Place Beyond courage, Shadows and Strongholds and Lords of the White Castle, to be published at the usual 6 months intervals while they wait for Eleanor.

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Of course they release the three books I already have

. Oh well!
I never meant to infer that you wrote anything to sensationalize the story!! I would never think that. It was just very surprising and unexpected and difficult to think of this strong, amazing woman having to go through this. Castor has a full bibliography in the back of her book. I can scan it for you tomorrow at work if you like and e-mail it. I haven't checked her website to see if there is anything on there.
Annis-for whatever reason, bookdepository doesn't sell EC's books to the U.S, or at least not the majority of them. We went through this last year and TBD said it was a publishing rights issue. The same thing is happening with Ian Mortimer it seems. Weird! Luckily, I've used Abe Books and picked up most of them!