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With thanks to the writer and teacher Amanda Saint who interviewed me for the Retreat West blog, and who asked such interesting questions about the writing of The Last Days of Leda Grey ~ including what inspired the themes, the settings, and the characters.

The full interview is here.

 

I can’t begin to say how thrilled I am with this video trailer for Leda Grey ~ even more so because it was created by my daughter Letty Fox.

Letty has managed to recreate the atmosphere and also the look of every film I describe in the novel. And then, of course, there is Theda Bara, the astonishingly seductive actress who starred in early silent film and who so inspired the appearance of my main character, Leda Grey.

As it’s Halloween, here is a link to my article in today’s Historia Magazine.

Essie Fox has three external blogs which you can view by clicking onto the title images below …

 

A general blog about the books that Essie reads, the films or plays she goes to see – everything that inspires her and colours her life as a writer.

 

A blog that features Edwardian history – mostly related to the world of films and entertainment, with research that Essie carried out while writing The Last Days of Leda Grey.

 

Victorian facts ~ and fancies. A large resource of information gleaned during the writing of Essie’s three Victorian novels.

This is the first blog post for my new author website, and I’m thrilled to be able to share this review of The Last Days of Leda Grey that appeared in The Times newspaper ~ with the novel being chosen as the historical book of the Month.

I hope it whets your appetite to find out more about Leda Grey when she is published by Orion Books on November 3rd 2016.