Robert Hale

It is dedicated gratefully to H. R. Hale of Jarrolds , Best of Friends and Kindest of Publishers. An option on film rights was sold to a well-known refugee actress, but never taken up.

In her autobiography she explained the genesis of this book. Robert Hale , then manager of Jarrolds , said he was looking for a war book that was not full of mud, blood and obscenity...

The following eighty or so novels that she wrote under this pseudonym garnered her a wide following. Even before becoming Jean Plaidy she had studied the business aspect of authorship and had learned that whatever...

Still seeking to master the historical genre, she wrote a long novel about transportation to Australia, but her publishers found it too long. She then sent the manuscript to Robert Hale , who...