Editing Eleanor Alice Burford (section)

==== 21st century ====
In October 2001, Rachel Kahan, associate editor at [[Crown Publishing Group]], and ''Jean Plaidy'' fan since childhood, discovered that ''Jean Plaidy'' books had gone out of print in the United States.
{{Quote box|width=17.5em|bgcolor=#FFFDBF|quote="I felt awful – like when you learn that an old friend who you haven't seen for many years has suddenly died. But in this case, I was not just a fan mourning the loss of all those great novels, I was actually in a position to do something about it."<br/> —Rachel Kahan, on discovering in 2003 that ''Jean Plaidy'' books had gone out of print in the United States.<ref name="hibbert_sh_2007-11"/>}}

Kahan bought the reprint rights to ten ''Jean Plaidy'' novels. In April 2003, [[Crown Publishing Group|Crown]] chose to publish two books under the [[Three Rivers Press]] imprint, both featuring [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]. ''The Lady in the Tower'' and ''The Rose Without a Thorn'' tell the story of two of his six wives, [[Anne Boleyn]] and [[Katherine Howard]], both of whom were [[decapitation|beheaded]]. The books were published in paperback with new titles, modern covers and a readers' guide at the back. The first printing of 30,000 copies of each book sold out in 3 months. Based on this success, [[Crown Publishing Group|Crown]]'s United Kingdom unit, Arrow Books, bought the entire ''Jean Plaidy'' [[backlist]].<ref name="hibbert_kahan_2005-11-30">{{cite news|title=Historical Fiction |url=http://www.irenegoodman.com/2005_11_01_archive.html |first=Rachel |last=Kahan |publisher=Internet Archive's Wayback Machine |work=Irene Goodman Literary Agency website |date=30 November 2005 |access-date=6 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060520082337/http://www.irenegoodman.com/2005_11_01_archive.html |archive-date=20 May 2006 }}</ref>