Lecia Foston

Since the passing of Desmond’s wife Joan in 1999 the remaining family’s chief standard bearer has been Joan’s sister Lecia. It is with great sadness we have to report that she herself passed in September this year.

Proud of her sister’s crucial back-room support for her well known husband, Lecia took on the job of protecting their legacy with her typical intelligence, energy and friendliness, brooking no dissent. Her sister had contributed so much more to the stories we still love today, being a capable researcher, travel companion and staunch supporter. Lecia wouldn’t let those loyalties and memories fade.

Every year on Desmond Bagley’s birthday she would send a round-robin email reminding those of us who work to keep the author’s flame still burning, to raise a glass in his memory.

On September the 10th we now do that for Lecia too.

She is survived by her artist husband Peter.

An Annual Celebration

Today we celebrate Desmond Bagley’s birthday in 1923.

Despite suffering from a speech impediment, which had so much less understanding and tolerance back in his youth, living through the Second World War in the dark gloom of commandeered factories, nationwide rationing and a family life that was less than happy, it is a testament to his resilience and creativity that he was able to bring so much enjoyment to the world with his exciting stories and epic adventures.

Let us also remember a man who was known to be kind and supportive of others when so few had helped him. A character we could all aspire to emulate.

Happy Birthday!!

And even more ...

Both German publishers DotBooks and Hugendubel Buchhandlungen have released a seventh Bagley title, the much loved Running Blind.

There are presently problems using the DotBooks website so Amazon.de can be used instead to order the eBook:

Amazon Germany

Or you can check out the Special Offer over on Hugendubel Buchhandlungen’s website:

Hugendubel Buchhandlungen

New German translations

The 1st May 2025 saw the launch of six new translations of Desmond Bagley titles for our German readers and fans.

The titles are available as eBooks from:

DotBooks

Hugendubel

Amazon Germany

Hugendubel has their own, exclusive reader apps for both Apple and Android devices.

The titles have all been changed, but are:

The Golden Keel

The Tightrope Men

The Freedom Trap

Bahama Crisis

The Enemy

The Vivero Letter

There’s more on the way too!

Wikipedia does not like the truth

Just a follow-up on my previous post about corrections I made to the Wikipedia page for Desmond Bagley. Apparently they have been rejected and reverted to their previous, incorrect state.

To say we’re stunned is probably an understatement. Clearly their editors know more than we do. Of course that is possible. However, we’re sorry to say, in this case, their preferred “facts” are just plain wrong.

A lesson for us all.

Corrections to Wikipedia

For the first time we’ve made edits to the Wikipedia article about our author. To start with the edits have been very minor to see how the process works and what the reactions may be.

It’s interesting to note that none of the previous editors – bar one – are known to us here at Bagley Towers.

Thin Ice - Just 99p for a Limited Time

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