Catherine Marshall, the widow of Dr. Peter Marshall when she wrote the book, following up on her best seller ``A Man Called Peter,'' has been quoted as saying the book was about 75% percent historical, although the main characters (the physician) and mountain woman descended from ancient royalty, are fictionalized. While in the book it is implied _she_ ends up with the doctor, the real ``Christy,'' Catherine Marshall's mother, married a minister. <sep>, Pronoun: she