Fern House Books

Here are some books already published by Fern House.
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About Time (1995) by Rodney Dale.
Fiction – time is the subject – time turned about, hence the Fern House colophon showing an hour-glass apparently flowing upwards.
Love in the Lanes (1998) by George James.
A touching story of rural life in Norfolk.
Spearette (1998) by Rachel Millet.
A revealing memoir of the Hadfield–Spears Ambulance Unit 1940–1945.
The Butterfly House (1998) by Valerie Grosvenor Myer.
A fictional – but nevertheless important and moving – record of the events culminating in the TienAnMen Square Massacre on 4 June 1989. The author was teaching in Beijing, and managed to escape by the skin of her teeth.
Halcyon Days (1999) by Rodney Dale.
Recollections of post-war vintage motoring.
Etheldreda – Princess, Queen, Abbess and Saint (1999) by Norman Sneesby.
A biography of the Saint who founded Ely Cathedral.
Harriette Wilson – Lady of Pleasure (1999) by Valerie Grosvenor Myer.
The Queen of Tarts in the high-rolling days of the Regency aristocracy
With an introduction by Sue Limb
Over the Hill with a Magic Carpet (1999) by Joy Skinner.
As close as you will get to what Show Business for the working professional illusionist is really like!
With an introduction by Paul Daniels.
Haddenham & Aldreth Past and Present (2000) compiled by Rodney Dale.
A collection of photographs old and new for the millennium.
The Cambridge Ghost Book (2000) by Robert Halliday and Alan Murdie.
A guide to the apparitions haunting the colleges, buildings and streets of Cambridge.
NB – Enquiries should be directed to roberthalliday2011@googlemail.com
Puss In Boots (2001) by Rodney Dale.
A new rendering of the old story in verse, written for National Poetry Day 2001.
The Birth of the Steam Locomotive (2002) by Christopher Stead .
A new history of this ever-fascinating subject.
The Parish Clerks and Parish Councillors of Haddenham (2002) edited by Rodney Dale.
NB – Enquiries should be directed to the Haddenham Parish Clerk.
If I were a Blackbird (2005) by David Wallis.
A unique glimpse of Old Stevenage 1940 – 55.
NB – Enquiries should be directed to WallisDI@Cardiff.ac.uk
Huntington's Disease – A Nursing Guide (2005, 2009) by Steve Smith.
An account helpful to carers of people with a range of degenerative neurological conditions.
NB – Enquiries should be directed to steve.smith@uea.ac.uk or info@hda.org.uk
Cambridge Inscriptions Explained (2006) by Nancy Gregory.
The Latin inscriptions of Cambridge come to life in a voice both witty and scholarly.
Huntingdon County Gaol and House of Correction (2009) by Mary Eiloart.
A history of Huntingdon prison 1828 – 86, with notes on the penal system.
NB – Enquiries should be directed to maryeiloart@hotmail.co.uk
Out of a Learner’s Mouth (2010) by Rosemary Westwell.
The trials and tribulations of learning Spanish.
NB – Enquiries should be directed to rjwestwell@hotmail.com
The Secret World of Zo๋ Golding (2010) by Jane MacGowan .
Medical fiction for young adults and older.