Jenny
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Paula Brackston:
Did you stay at the Great Chalfield Manor for research? How much of the manor's history is real and fictional? It's such a beautiful historical place and love that the book is based on a real place.
Paula Brackston
Hi Jenny, yes I spent a night at Great Chalfield. They offer bed and breakfast there, so you could go too! It is such a beautiful and atmospheric place. It really helped me with writing the story to spend some time there, and the owners answered so many questions. I tried to stick to the truth of the history of the building, particularly as it had been added to a great deal over the centuries. In fact, that was what gave me the idea of having Samuel help with improvements for the house. And there is a beautifully carved screen in the great hall. If you ever get a chance to go and see the place I recommend it.
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Lynn
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Paula Brackston:
Hi Paula, I recently discovered your Brothers Grimm mysteries and I'm wondering about the Princess and the Pinot Grigio! Please write more in this series. It is so funny and witty and the romance was just heating up. I will, of course, seek out your other series and devour them too, but I am so enchanted by Gretel. Does she have a future?
CL
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Paula Brackston:
Hello Mrs. Brackston, I'm in the process of reading "The little shop of found things" but I've also read "The witch's daughter" series first and I love Erasmus as a character but I've grown curious about his background so I was wondering, will you have a story that focuses on him before he met Elizabeth? Also who was your most favorite character to write about?
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