Elizabeth Chadwick News

TO DEFY A KING NOMINATED FOR AN AWARD!

2010-12-16T14:51:00.000-08:00

Forthcoming paperback cover

I am over the moon to announce that TO DEFY A KING has been nominated in the UK for the Best Romantic Novel of the Year award. http://www.romanticnovelistsassociation.org/index.php/news/entry/pure_passion_2011_romantic_novel_of_the_year_long_list
You can read the full longlist here. You can read more about the novel on my website here
http://www.elizabethchadwick.com/Books/tdak.html

Bits

2010-07-17T07:43:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I've posted here - mainly because I have a quick news update section on the front of my website now. But I want to keep this one going too. It is now official. The title of the novel about the Empress Matilda and Queen Adeliza is going to be LADY OF THE ENGLISH.
It is also unofficial but highly likely that my next two novels are going to be about Eleanor of Aquitaine, and they will be up close and personal. It's been a project I have had in mind for some time and have kept being sidetracked. Watch this space for an announcement later this year.

Wonderful Review of To Defy A King

2010-05-06T10:49:00.001-07:00

TO DEFY A KING is published today - Yay!
Tanzanite has posted this wonderful review on her blog. I am thrilled to bits!
http://shelfandstuff.blogspot.com/2010/05/to-defy-king-by-elizabeth-chadwick.html

The Scarlet Lion at the Apple Store

2010-04-04T03:52:00.000-07:00

I have been told by the CEO of Sourcebooks that THE SCARLET LION is now available at the Apple store. I'm not that savvy with e-readers at the moment, but I'm just passing it on for anyone who is interested.

USA cover of FOR THE KING'S FAVOR

2010-04-03T09:56:00.000-07:00

I am trying to spread the word that THE TIME OF SINGING will be known as FOR THE KING'S FAVOR in the USA. I just wanted to post the different cover too. I think it's rather beautiful and it does reference a couple of scenes in the novel where Ida de Tosney, the heroine, is standing in a corridor. The model who posed for the shot was pregnant at the time, which also references my heroine.
Coming to the USA on September 1st.

One and the Same.

New Blog for TO DEFY A KING

2010-03-20T16:18:00.000-07:00

A note to say I've begun a blog listing some pieces from my Akashic Record research.
TO DEFY A KING The Akashic Record Sessions has just gone live! http://todefyakingakashics.blogspot.com/

Soundtrack for To Defy A King

2010-03-13T07:15:00.000-08:00

A note to say I've put up the soundtrack for To Defy a King. There are no explanations at the moment in case of spoilers, but each track does have its place in the novel - either as part of the storyline, inspiration for a scene, or comment on a particular character. I suppose one small snippet I could give away at this stage is that the Seether song Fake It is about the barons gathering to discuss the Magna Carta and certain family divisions between fathers and sons over the issue. Anyway, here it is. A preliminary preview of the music that helped me write To Defy A King.
http://elizabethchadwicksoundtracks.blogspot.com/2010/03/to-defy-king.html

Blog Interview

2010-03-03T06:14:00.000-08:00

Just to say that an author interview has gone up at Laura's Reviews to tie in with the Sourcebooks publication of The Scarlet Lion. There's a giveway involved if anyone wants to enter. http://lauragerold.blogspot.com/2010/03/author-interview-and-giveaway-elizabeth.html

Sneak preview of book cover

2010-02-26T05:44:00.000-08:00

I thought readers of my News blog might like to have a sneak preview of the cover of For The King's Favor (titled The Time of Singing in the UK) being published in the USA by Sourcebooks in the autumn. I think it suits the subject matter really well. The dark corridor reference part of the story arc, and the novel is about a young mistress of Henry II who bore him a son. The model in the photoshoot was pregnant at the time, so it kind of ties in too.

South Shields Library

2010-01-31T10:03:00.001-08:00

I'll be appearing at South Shields Library on Saturday February 13th from around 1pm until around 4pm. The RNA is running an afternoon session concerned with our 50th anniversary anthology Loves Me Loves Me Not. I have a short story about John Marshal's washer woman among the contributions! There's going to be a panel, and then the attending authors will split off to give their own talks. I'm going to be speaking about my research methods in the time alotted. Other authors include Tyne & Wear local author Benita Brown, Choc-lit author Sue Moorcroft and warm modern family-style writer Judy Astley.
Should be a good day!

THE LEOPARD UNLEASHED

2010-01-18T16:37:00.000-08:00

A note to say that The Leopard Unleashed has arrived at my PC ready for me to re-edit. We've also started thinking about the cover, so it's a bigger speck on the horizon than it was!

Bits and pieces

2010-01-17T14:06:00.000-08:00

I've just found the trial covers that didn't make it to the jacket of The Running Vixen - How interesting!
http://www.rostant.com/romance7.html

As we get ready for the publication of To Defy A King, Thea and I will be preparing a new look for the website. We're only discussing ideas at the moment, but look out for new colours and easier navigation.

As one door closes, another opens. Sadly, I lost my younger cat Dottie a couple of months ago. She was 13 and had been unwell for a few months. She hated dogs. Our older cat, Jasper doesn't mind them. Some of you may have seen on Twitter that I thought his time had come, but having seemed at death's door, he has rallied, scoffed a plateful of rabbit and is back to wobbly normal at the moment (he's 19). Anyway, with Dottie gone, we are going to have a new puppy for our old dog Taz to bring up and show the ropes. He's a Patterdale Jack Russell cross, therefore a 'patterjack' and he will probably be called Merlin, although we're still discussing names. Photographs to follow as and when.

German Version of A Place Beyond Courage

2009-12-14T09:07:00.000-08:00

This just arrived this Morning. A Place Beyond Courage German-style. I think John Marshal would have approved re one of his 'hands on' jobs at court!

TO DEFY A KING trailer

2009-12-13T15:45:00.001-08:00

Just to say I've put up a new trailer of TO DEFY A KING at youtube now that I have the book cover.

2009-12-05T10:33:00.000-08:00

I have a short story called A Clean Start which features in the RNA's 50th anniversary short story anthology. It's about John Marshal's washerwoman. Anyway, I am delighted to say that the UK's Woman's Weekly magazine wants to publish the story in a fiction special in the spring. I'll let you know when I have a more positive date. In the meantime, it's available in the anthology.

I will also be appearing at South Shields Library on February 13th in cahoots with other RNA authors for the promotion of the Loves Me, Loves Me Not short story anthology.

THE RUNNING VIXEN is now available from Amazon.co.uk and in bookshops. I haven't had my author copies yet. I'll organise a belated giveaway once my publishers actually get organised on that score, so keep watch!

The Cover For To Defy a King!

2009-11-24T03:15:00.000-08:00

Not quite complete but as near as to be ready. This is the first exposure online of the cover for TO DEFY A KING, due out May 2010. It's low resolution at the moment, but I hope to have a 'proper' one up soon.
I am so pleased with this cover. It says historical fiction, but with a twist. Hooray!

Cover for To Defy A King

2009-11-04T12:29:00.000-08:00

Sorry, you can't see it yet. I've only just seen it in rought draft. But wow, oh WOW! I knew they were going to come with something slightly different, but what I've just seen is TRULY fabulous.

To Defy a King: Little Brown Spring Catalogue

2009-11-02T14:38:00.001-08:00

This kind of explains itself. Scanned page from Little Brown's Spring Catalogue! Click on the photo to enlarge and read the text if you want.

Bits and bobs

2009-10-16T14:37:00.000-07:00

Meant to say but forgot. I've put up a biography of John Marshal at my blog. It will then be going onto my website as a permanent fixture once Thea my website designer has done her thing. http://livingthehistoryelizabethchadwick.blogspot.com/2009/10/biography-of-john-marshal.html

I have put the first chapter of my work in progress at my Excerpts blog.
http://elizabethchadwicks.blogspot.com/

In other news my agent has sold The Greatest Knight, The Scarlet Lion, A Place Beyond Courage and Daughters of the Grail to Turkey. Also The Greatest Knight has sold to Hungary.

Loves Me Loves Me Not

2009-10-09T10:23:00.000-07:00

I keep forgetting to mention this book, which is totally remiss of me. It's an anthology of short stories to celebrate 50 years of the Romantic Novelists Association in the UK.
There are forty new stories including contributions from Joanna Trollope, Katie Fforde, Adele Parks, Maureen Lee, Judy Astley, and umm...Elizabeth Chadwick. :-)
My own story, titled A CLEAN START, is about John Marshal's washerwoman and features a cameo moment from John himself, although the story is firmly about the lady and her dilemmas.

Amazon UK url here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Loves-Me-Not-MIRA/dp/0778303217/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255109421&sr=8-1

More languages!

2009-10-08T15:27:00.000-07:00

Yippee, great news from my agent a few minutes ago! We have just agreed a four book deal with Turkey for A Place Beyond Courage, The Greatest Knight, The Scarlet Lion and Daughters of the Grail! Earlier this week Hungary bought The Greatest Knight. Not sure how many languages that brings me up to without consulting my agent but I reckon it's about 16. Anyway, it's a lovely note on which to end the day!

New e-mail account.

2009-09-12T08:01:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone.

I returned from holiday to find my e-mail account with BT had very messily died in my absence. Not being inclined (after two TRULY TERRIBLE experiences with BT's non UK call centres) to get them to fix things this time around I have done what needed doing long ago, and transferred elsewhere. This does mean though that for the past week I have been unable to read any incoming e-mails to my Elizabeth Chadwick account, and also that until I get things moved over, I won't be able to read incoming e-mails on my old account.
If anyone does want to get in touch with me, my new account address as of today (Saturday 12th September 2009) is elizabethchadwick@live.co.uk So sorry for any inconvenience, but believe me, this is sooooo much easier than going through the torturous circular rigmarole of a BT overseas call centre experience (shudder).

Another wonderful review for The Greatest Knight

2009-08-26T03:18:00.000-07:00

I'm busy on a blog tour at the moment and have just had this lovely review over at Booking Mama, for The Greatest Knight. http://bookingmama.blogspot.com/2009/08/review-greatest-knight.html As usual, I am doing the happy dance for William rather than ego-freaking myself!

INTERVIEW WITH SHARON KAY PENMAN

2009-08-23T07:16:00.000-07:00

On top of my own blog tour to celebrate the USA publication of The Greatest Knight, I have recently posted an interview on my Living The History blog with my good friend Sharon Kay Penman. She's given me some fanatastic answers! http://livingthehistoryelizabethchadwick.blogspot.com/2009/08/interview-with-sharon-kay-penman.html
Do drop by and have a look.

Announcement of Blog Tour!

2009-08-08T05:25:00.000-07:00

As many of you know, Sourcebooks is publishing THE GREATEST KNIGHT in the USA on September 1st. It's going to be available in both paperback and electronic format, including Amazon Kindle.
To celebrate the publication, Source has arranged for me to go on a virtual Blog Tour. I'd love to cross oceans at some point and meet the readers, but this is a great substitute for now. Look out for guest appearances on the blogs below on the given dates, where I'll be talking a little bit about William Marshal (a lot actually, what a man!), and about writing historical fiction. I am told there are going to be book giveaways too, so there's a chance to win a free copy of THE GREATEST KNIGHT.
See you there!

August 20—Pop Syndicate’s Book Addict http://popsyndicate.com/books

August 25—My Friend Amyhttp://myfriendamysblog.com/

August 27—A Reader’s Respite http://readersrespite.blogspot.com/

August 28—Booking Mama http://bookingmama.blogspot.com/

August 31—Historical Tapestry http://historicaltapestry.blogspot.com/

September 1—Passages to the Past http://passagestothepast.blogspot.com/

Yankee Romance Reviewers http://yankeeromancereviewers.blogspot.com/

September 2—A Journey of Books http://ajourneyofbooks.blogspot.com/

September 3—The Tome Traveller’s Weblog http://thetometraveller.blogspot.com

September 4— http://historical-fiction.com/

September 21—Love Romance Passion http://www.loveromancepassion.com/

September 22—The Review From Here/Scribe Vibe http://scribevibe.blogspot.com/

September 23—Bloody Bad Books http://trinsnook.blogspot.com/

September 25—Morbid Romantic http://www.morbid-romantic.net/

TO DEFY A KING - Agent approves anyway!

2009-07-16T09:54:00.001-07:00

Agent stayed up until 3.30 in the morning to finish To Defy a King. She said:

'I love the manuscript. I felt bereft when it stopped. Wow oh wow.'

Now, obviously she is my agent and I'm her client, but even so, I am wiping my brow with relief that it has passed the first hurdle now it's out in the world. I still have to hear from editors - they are reading it this weekend.

I guess my News blog is the only place where I trumpet blow. I don't like doing it more broadly online because the 'look at me' stuff gets stale very quickly and I'd rather talk history, writing and books in more general terms than my latest puff - so I confine the 'me' stuff to here!

Oh, and here's the video trailer!

To Defy a King - finished and handed in!

2009-07-14T14:25:00.000-07:00

A note to say that I handed in my story of Mahelt Marshal and Hugh Bigod today. To Defy a King is now officially into the next stage of production i.e. out of the writer's hand and heading (6 drafts later!) into the world.

The Greatest Knight Book Trailer!

2009-06-19T15:36:00.000-07:00

Well, I've been fiddling again, and here's the book trailer for The Greatest Knight Sourcebooks edition, published in the USA on September 1st.

Sneak Preview!

2009-05-17T01:39:00.000-07:00

Here's a sneak preview of the cover of The Running Vixen. This is draft, it's not quite done and there will be a couple of minor alterations, but the gist is the same. I really like it!

American Ammendment!

2009-05-07T12:32:00.000-07:00

Here it is, the Source Book jacket for The Greatest Knight. I love it!
So well have advance orders to booksellers been going that Source Books have decided to follow up in the spring of 2010 with The Scarlet Lion rather than their original plan of Lords of the White Castle.
This makes a lot more sense all round and I am pleased to bits.
I am busy working on some new pages about the Marshals for my website at the moment and should have them up in a few weeks' time.

I have another cover to share with readers soon - The Running Vixen roughs are in and the overall look is terrific. I hope to post in a couple of weeks, so look out for that.

COMING TO AMERICA!

2009-04-05T13:31:00.000-07:00

Yes!
Source Books now have my USA cover for THE GREATEST KNIGHT up at Amazon.com!
It's being published September 1st!
url here:

http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Knight-Unsung-Queens-Champion/dp/1402225180/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238963335&sr=1-3

EVENTS GALORE!

2009-02-15T08:48:00.000-08:00

I've cut and pasted the below from my Events and Titles blog, but thought I might as well have it in 2 places as an announcement. I'm going to be doing quite a bit of toing and froing throughout the end of Feb, March and April. If anyone wants to come along and I'm nearby, do drop in and say hi! Gracious knows when I'll get any writing done, but this is still a part of the job I enjoy. I will be bringing my medieval shoes and my strip of mail shirt to talks!

February 26th. Birkbeck College, London. 6.30 pm
Talk on writing historical fiction, specifically about the Marshals.

Wednesday March 4th. Talk at Nottingham Central Library, Angel Row. 2pm in the afternoon!

Thursday March 5th. Talk and booksigning at Waterstones in Bury st Edmunds. 5 - 6.30pm.
36 Butter Market Bury St. Edmunds.

Wednesday March 18th. Talk at Shrewsbury Library with medieval music too (apparently!). Starts 7pm. Parts of the library date back to the 1450's. Can't wait!

Thursday March 19th. Talks at Dudley Library West Midlands. 10.30 am and 2pm.

Friday 27th March. Talk at Leominster Library. 7pm.

Thursday 2nd April. Talk at Weston Favell Library Northampton. 7.30 pm.

Monday 6th April. Talk at Ramsbottom Library 7pm

Wednesday 15th April. Talk in London - Kensington and Chelsea Libraries. This will be a joint talk with Katie Hickman, author of The Aviary Gate. 6.30 - 8pm

Thursday 16th April. Event at Merton Library, Surrey with Katie Hickman. Another joint talk starting at 7.30 pm.

Friday 17th April. Event at Knowle Library, Solihull. 2.30 pm

Thursday April 23rd. Event at Northwich Library, Cheshire. 6-7pm

Website back in Business

2009-01-19T16:11:00.000-08:00

The title is self-explanatory. The website is back up again - Yippee!
I'm just finalising some talk dates with publicity at Little Brown, and I'll try and get them listed by the end of the week on my Events blog. I'll post here as soon as I have the details up.

Temporary Website Blip

2009-01-16T13:39:00.001-08:00

Just a note to say my website has a technical error and has temporarily gone splat. I've alerted my website keeper and I'm sure normal service will be resumed very soon.

Elizabeth

TRAILER OF THE WILD HUNT

2008-11-30T02:56:00.000-08:00

My first published novel, the award winning The Wild Hunt is re-issued this next week. I've given it a thorough re-edit and it's now available from online sellers and in most UK bookshops. To mark the event, I've made one of my trailers.

In other news my contracts from Sourcebooks have arrived, so that's another step on the way to
USA paperback and electronic publication.

In the not too distance future I hope to have some news about UK appearances at library events next year, so watch this space. Arrangements are being sorted at the moment.

Time of Singing Alert

2008-11-10T12:19:00.000-08:00

This is just a note to say that I've had sales numbers in from my editor re The Time of Singing.
It's selling very well and if the momentum keeps up, then it'll be due to to go into reprint soon. However, if the timing isn't spot on, it may not be available for a couple of weeks. So if you're thinking of buying a copy as a Christmas present, do it sooner rather than later while there are still first printing stocks. This isn't a marketing ploy - honest! - it's just that I don't want anyone to be disappointed and sometimes deadlines with printers etc can go pear-shaped!

BOOK SIGNING IN OAKHAM

2008-10-30T04:39:00.000-07:00

A note to say I will be signing copies of my novels at Buy The Book in Oakham, Rutland, this Saturday November 1st from around 10.am. I'll be there for a couple of hours, so if you want a signed copy for yourself or for a Christmas present, please drop by!

2008-10-16T04:42:00.000-07:00

NEW WEBSITE!
It's still at the usual address but it's had a re-design and polish and there are lots of new features and photographs
www.elizabethchadwick.com

ARTICLE ON WHY I LOVE MEDIEVAL FICTION
I wrote this piece especially for the Historical Tapestry blog. Click here and check it out.
http://historicaltapestry.blogspot.com/2008/10/so-heres-to-you-mrs-robinson-or-why-i.html

Marshal Book Reviews at Vulpes Libris

2008-10-08T04:30:00.000-07:00

Today and Friday, there are reviews and interviews at Vulpes Libris about the Marshal novels. If anyone wants to ask questions or make comments, then I'm around.
http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/the-marshal-trilogy-by-elizabeth-chadwick/#comment-5211

Published Today!

2008-10-02T10:22:00.000-07:00

A brief note to say that THE TIME OF SINGING has officially been published today. I thought it had been put back to the 16th, but not so...
It's been selected as Historical Book of the Month at the Books Monthly website here.
http://www.booksmonthly.co.uk/historical.html

FUTURE PROJECT!
As many readers know, I am currently writing the story of Mahelt Marshal and Hugh Bigod which is loosely linked in to THE TIME OF SINGING. When I've finished this though - due to be handed in next summer, I thought that folk might like to know my next project is going to be Edith Swan-Neck and her relationship with Harold Godwinsson. I met her this afternoon during an Akashic Record session and she's going to be one fabulous lady to write about!

Amazon UK is now selling The Time of Singing

2008-09-25T12:06:00.000-07:00

A brief note to say that although the official publication date for The Time of Singing is now October 16th, Amazon UK has started sending out copies today!

In other news, my revamped website is coming along very well and will be ready to go live soon!

New video for A Place Beyond Courage

2008-09-23T04:25:00.000-07:00

I decided the teaser trailer for A PLACE BEYOND COURAGE was a bit rambling and long-winded so I've replaced it with this one - half the length, shorter and snappier.

Update on THE TIME OF SINGING

2008-09-20T13:50:00.000-07:00

Just a couple of quick updates on The Time of Singing.
The publication date has been put back a fortnight to October 16th -same as A Place Beyond Courage. This is to do with press release schedules and admin blah from the publishers. I've had my advance copies and it's ready to go, so there isn't a problem.

The Books Monthly review website has chosen The Time of Singing as its best historical novel for October. The review isn't up yet, but it will be soon. I'll post the url as soon as the piece appears.

I am going to be slaving over a hot cauldron in Sherwood Forest on Sunday 28th October with Regia Anglorum, so if anyone wants to meet a hot and bothered author getting to grips with bacon pottage, come and say hi!

2008-08-29T17:03:00.001-07:00

Yahoo, Yippee, and Yesss!!!
I have had an offer for The Greatest Knight and Lords of the White Castle from the USA to be published in paperback and electronic formats. The Greatest Knight will be published next Autumn (2009) and Lords of the White Castle in Spring 2009. I've only just heard about this from my agent but once the details are more settled and carved in stone, I'll let everyone know. If I drank champagne I'd be well down the bottle now. As it is, I'm sipping tea and eating chocolate digestives with a big smile on my face!

In other news, my UK cover of A Place Beyond Courage has been given a bit of added bling. I like it a lot (reaches for the tea mug and another biscuit). It has also been chosen as Waterstones Book of the Year - about which I'm really pleased.

2008-08-20T05:01:00.000-07:00

New! I've just put my reference library online. Rather than have it lurking on my PC as a Word document, I thought it would be useful to give it a web page of its own!
http://elizabethchadwickreference.blogspot.com/

New! A Place Beyond Courage is an Editor's Choice for the forthcoming edition of the Historical Novel Society Review - yay! Url here. Scroll down to the 4th book.
http://www.historicalnovelsociety.org/editors-choice.htm

The book covers for The Time of Singing and The Wild Hunt have just appeared at Amazon UK on their listings. As many of you know, The Wild Hunt is being reissued after a re-edit and after being long out of print. It was my first published novel and won a Betty Trask Award. 'The novel that saved me from filling supermarket shelves for the rest of my life'!
I've posted The Time of Singing cover on my website hub and my other blogs, but I haven't got around to showing anyone The Wild Hunt on any of my own sites until now. So here it is!

2008-07-09T14:00:00.000-07:00

NEW!
I've taken down the old movie trailer for A Place Beyond Courage and put up a new one that's copyright friendly and a bit more polished than the clunky first one. It really should have Placebo's Broken Promise as the theme music but the fees were a bit steep - £2,500,so I've used 'Fair Maiden' from Royalty Free music instead - a snip at about £15.00.

2008-07-05T05:22:00.000-07:00

STOP PRESS!
Grab a bargain!
Woman's Weekly in the UK (8th July edition) are offering a free copy of DAUGHTERS OF THE GRAIL to every reader, plus half price bargains on other historical novelists including Philippa Gregory.

WELCOME TO MY NEWS BLOG

2008-07-03T12:57:00.001-07:00

WELCOME ALL!

I've started this section as a place to inform readers of breaking news, updates and general information about the novels. It serves a different purpose to my main blog Living The History, which contains more detailed articles and notes about the writing process. Url here:
http://livingthehistoryelizabethchadwick.blogspot.com/

The piece you're reading now is more about news flashes and quick-flick details.

SO, WHAT'S NEW OR NEED TO KNOW?
I am currently the guest author at the Book Club Forum. So if you want to drop by and ask questions, please do so! You'll need to register, but it's free and they seem like a friendly bunch. Url here: http://www.bookclubforum.co.uk/
There's a chance to win a paperback set of my 3 Marshal novels, including the new paperback A Place Beyond Courage. Also a copy of The Time of Singing.
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I'm delighted to say that THE TIME OF SINGING is now on its final proof read. I've been researching and taking a break in Norfolk and have returned to find the proofs waiting my attention. There are now 2 extracts posted at my extracts blog. url here:
http://elizabethchadwicks.blogspot.com/
It has a gorgeous new cover, which you can see on the extracts blog and also on my cover blog blog here:
http://coveringthestory.blogspot.com/
The publication date is October 2nd in hardcover. They usually sell out fast as hardcover print runs are not large. I know many readers prefer to wait for the paperback, but just to make everyone aware that if a copy is needed for Christmas, do it sooner rather than later!

Trailer here:

Here I am with the dog at Castle Rising in Norfolk during the week of 7th - 14th June O8 while researching. The castle notice board said dogs had to be on leads. Didn't say that humans had to be attached!

A PLACE BEYOND COURAGE is published in paperback on October 16th. Sainsbury's supermarkets are keen to get behind it at the moment and it will be available from most bookstores and Amazon.co.uk Also The Book Depository will supply it anywhere in the world, free of postage, so if you hale from the USA or Australia it's well worth checking this out. Url here: http://tinyurl.com/jrhuz

I am currently working (when I can find the time she says!) on a new novel about William Marshal's eldest daughter, Mahelt, and her match with Hugh Bigod, eldest son of Roger Bigod and Ida de Tosney, stars of THE TIME OF SINGING.

I think that's all I need to say at the moment, but I'll update the page regularly with items that may be of use or interest to readers.

Back to the coalface!

Elizabeth C.

News update 16th June 2008

2008-06-16T13:51:00.000-07:00

WELCOME ALL!

I've started this section as a place to inform readers of breaking news, updates and general information about the novels. It serves a different purpose to my main blog Living The History, which contains more detailed articles and notes about the writing process. Url here:
http://livingthehistoryelizabethchadwick.blogspot.com/

The piece you're reading now is more about news flashes and quick-flick details.

SO, WHAT'S NEW OR NEED TO KNOW?

Well, I'm delighted to say that THE TIME OF SINGING is now on its final proof read. I've been researching and taking a break in Norfolk and have returned to find the proofs waiting my attention. There are now 2 extracts posted at my extracts blog. url here:
http://elizabethchadwicks.blogspot.com/
It has a gorgeous new cover, which you can see on the extracts blog and also on my cover blog blog here:
http://coveringthestory.blogspot.com/
The publication date is October 2nd in hardcover. They usually sell out fast as hardcover print runs are not large. I know many readers prefer to wait for the paperback, but just to make everyone aware that if a copy is needed for Christmas, do it sooner rather than later!

Trailer here:

Here I am with the dog at Castle Rising in Norfolk during the week of 7th - 14th June O8 while researching. The castle notice board said dogs had to be on leads. Didn't say that humans had to be attached!

A PLACE BEYOND COURAGE is published in paperback on October 16th. Sainsbury's supermarkets are keen to get behind it at the moment and it will be available from most bookstores and Amazon.co.uk Also The Book Depository will supply it anywhere in the world, free of postage, so if you hale from the USA or Australia it's well worth checking this out. Url here: http://tinyurl.com/jrhuz

I am currently working (when I can find the time she says!) on a new novel about William Marshal's eldest daughter, Mahelt, and her match with Hugh Bigod, eldest son of Roger Bigod and Ida de Tosney, stars of THE TIME OF SINGING.

I think that's all I need to say at the moment, but I'll update the page regularly with items that may be of use or interest to readers.

Back to the coalface!

Elizabeth C.