By John McCarthy

Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes is capitalising on his star power to pilot a new form of story-telling.

His new Belgravia novel will be serialised in the style of Charles Dickens, released chapter by chapter, via a specialised app.

The novel, set it 1840s and around the Battle of Waterloo, blends Victorian gradual storytelling with a modern distribution system and enables Fellowes to write while people read his work, shortening the production process.

The Telegraph reports him as saying: “When [my publisher] presented it to me, it just seemed kind of fun

“A 19th century release with a 21st century app. You certainly hope Read full story ›

Source: The Drum