Lords of the White Castle [Paperback]

`Elizabeth Chadwickhas managed to weave a compelling story of intrigue and changing fortunes...'

`Elizabeth Chadwick knows exactly how to write convincing and compelling historical fiction'

`Chadwick is a prizewinning novelist who does not romanticize what was often a dangerous and brutal time...Intelligent, enjoyable and entertaining'

Based on a remarkable true story of honour, treachery and love spanning the turbulent reigns of four great medieval kings. A violent quarrel with Prince John, later King John, disrupts Fulke FitzWarin's life ambition to become "Lord of the White Castle" and leads him to rebel.

I am thrilled to announce that LORDS OF THE WHITE CASTLE has been nominated for the Parker Romantic Novel Of The Year Award 2002. The shortlist for this award is chosen by readers, which makes it very special indeed.
I am both humbled and filled to the brim with pride.
Reading the comments made by the readers on Amazon is always interesting and often illuminating. One reader said the story of Fulke FitzWarin is more of a romance than historical fiction. I took it as a compliment since the novel is indeed based in part on the authentic Medieval 'Romance of Fouke FitzWaryn' which tells the epic story of an underdog's struggle against royal oppression.
If a romance is a larger than life tale, then the character of Fouke FitzWaryn (based on a man who was living, breathing flesh) fits into such a framework like a hand-crafted coat of mail.
I hope that readers enjoy discovering his story, just as much as I enjoyed writing it!

Much of Elizabeth Chadwick's research is carried out as a member of Regia Anglorum, an early medieval re-enactment society with emphasis on accurately re-creating the past. She also tutors in the skill of writing historial and romantic fiction. She won a Betty Trask Award for The Wild Hunt.