▁about ▁the ▁cult ures ▁and ▁artists ▁of ▁many ▁foreign ▁lands , ▁his ▁eng agement ▁with ▁the ▁East ▁Ang li an ▁land ▁and ▁people ▁was ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁dram atic ▁influence ▁on ▁his ▁writing ▁and ▁research ▁interests . ▁B ensus an ▁was ▁to ▁become ▁an ▁expert ▁on ▁the ▁Es sex ▁dialect ▁spoken ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁ ▁which ▁only ▁pers isted ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁rem oten ess ▁of ▁the ▁settlement s . ▁At ▁this ▁point ▁in ▁his ▁career , ▁B ensus an ' s ▁writ ings ▁were ▁domin ated ▁by ▁studies ▁of ▁famous ▁artists , ▁play w right s ▁and ▁foreign ▁countries . ▁His ▁brother - in - law , ▁the ▁artist ▁Luci en ▁P iss ar ro ▁who ▁was ▁married ▁to ▁his ▁sister ▁Est her , ▁author ed ▁one , ▁and ▁B ensus an ▁author ed ▁seven , ▁of ▁the ▁ 3 8 ▁volumes ▁of ▁the ▁illustrated ▁works ▁of ▁artists ▁in ▁the ▁series ▁Master pie ces ▁in ▁Col our ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 7 . ▁ ▁Es sex ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 6 , ▁B ensus an ▁c ement ed ▁his ▁connection ▁with ▁the ▁county ▁by ▁acqu iring ▁a ▁ 5 0 ▁a cre ▁farm ▁near ▁Great ▁East on , ▁not ▁far ▁from ▁East on ▁L odge ▁the ▁home ▁of ▁Lord ▁and ▁Lady ▁War wick . ▁Near ▁neighb ours ▁also ▁included ▁H . ▁G . ▁Well s , ▁Thomas ▁Hard y ▁and ▁R . ▁D . ▁Bl umen feld ▁( editor ▁of ▁the ▁Daily ▁Express ) ▁and ▁Gustav ▁Hol st ▁who