I *love* Michael Crawford!!! I really wish Phantom of the Opera had been filmed years ago when he was the Phantom and Sarah Brightman played Christine. Just a "Great Performances" type film of the stage production. Anything to have recorded that for posterity.
My favorite novel of Bertrice's is A MOMENT IN TIME. I have both the hardcover and the paperback packed away in a plastic tub, somewhere, from a recent move. Now I'd like to re-read it!