1)What was the title, author, and context of your novel?
"Fortress" was first published in 1980 by "Chatto, Bodley Head, Jonathan Cape", and written by Gabrielle Lord. I think it was written for two possible reasons.
Firstly, "After The First Death" was published only a year before - a very similar text about kidnapping, male versus female, mental sickness, terrorism, and father son relationships. Several of these issues are also presented in "Fortress", which is why I think the success of "After The First Death" inspired "Fortress".
But since the first publishing date does not represent the date the book was written, it might have occurred that they were both written at the same time, inspired by a third entity. I found that there were two significant kidnappings in the few years before 1980. …
