Ferney is April’s Book of the Month – and once you’ve read it, you’ll know why. A spell-binding tale of a love affair like no other, this is a truly unforgettable novel that will stay with you long after the last page has been turned.
‘If a book ever deserved a second chance, it’s this; a historical novel, a love story and a tale of time slippage, just the tale you need when you want to escape into a book and forget the world for 480 pages. I first read this many years ago and it was wonderful to get the chance to go back to it. As fresh and intriguing as ever, the love story and the historical detail are all done with a master’s touch. There’s many a current bestseller in this vein that can’t hold a candle to Long’s involving story’
Sue Baker, Publishing News
Once read, never forgotten . . .
Mike and Gally Martin should be idyllically happy as they move to a new cottage in Somerset. But then Gally meets Ferney, an old countryman who seems to know everything about their house and its past, and a strange fixation takes hold.
What is it that draws Gally and Ferney together? Ferney knows that time is slipping away and that he must make Gally understand their connection: a bond that has stood the test of time, that runs deeper than life or death.
‘A story of love and self-discovery that resonates across the ages’
Nicholas Evans
‘The book grips . . . It belongs to the unputdownable . . . I love it, the whole story sang’
Mary Wesley
‘An ambitious, enthralling novel’
Mail on Sunday
‘One of the earliest past-meets-present love stories, and still one of the best’
Scotland on Sunday
‘[A] seductively mysterious story’
Metro
What we think at Between the Sheets . . .
‘I’ve read Ferney four times and it just gets better and better. A beautiful book – a classic’
Joanne Dickinson, Publisher
‘A tale of two people brought together on the ebb and tide of time, Ferney is a hugely sensitive and imaginative novel – and a testament to the brave persistence of love’
Emma Stonex, Assistant Editor
‘Ferney is a moving journey of love across time and place. The writing is finely crafted, spare, yet full of emotional intensity; you can’t help but be gripped’
Kerry Chapple, Junior Editor
‘This book is utterly spellbinding. It’s the sort of read that you pick up for a quick half-hour session, then realise that you’ve spent the last four hours rooted to the spot, absolutely gripped by the story and what might happen next. It’s a truly timeless love story, unlike anything else you’ll ever read’
Caroline Hogg, Editor
‘A wonderful historical novel and addictive love story in the vein of The Time Traveller’s Wife. (Not just for women either – it is, quite unexpectedly, also Jeremy Clarkson’s favourite book!)’
Tamsin Kitson, Publicity Director