the house. In 1992 the two memoirs were published in chronological order in a single volume entitled Memories. The ancient Norman Manor house, built in about 1130, was reputed to be one of the oldest continually inhabited houses in the British Isles. It became the focus and inspiration for her creativity for the rest of her life. Work on the garden began as soon as essential work on the house was finished. Writing career and later life Boston's first book, Yew Hall, a novel for adults, was published in 1954 when she was over 60. There followed a series of children’s books, all set in The Manor, in which she brings to life the people who she imagines might have lived there. Peter Boston drew the book jacket for Yew Hall and went on to illustrate her children's stories with pictures depicting aspects of the house and gardens, and many of the items contained therein. Boston lived at The Manor for almost 50 years, in which time she created a romantic garden and wrote all her children’s books. Death Boston died, aged 97, on 25 May 1990 having suffered two strokes in March of that year. Her son Peter, an architect and illustrator, lived in the Manor at Hemingford Grey (Green Knowe) with his wife Diana until his death, in November 1999. Patchworks Boston created over 20 patchworks during her lifetime. The only mention of patchwork in Memory in a House comes when she describes repairing an old patchwork hanging in the dining room, in which every piece of material was pre-1830. The existence of the patchworks was scarcely known until 1976, when the conductor and keyboard player, Christopher Hogwood, who was a friend, arranged an exhibition of them at the King's Lynn Festival. Boston's daughter-in law, Diana Boston, published the story of the patchworks in The Patchworks of Lucy Boston (1985), using a collection of letters which Boston wrote to her niece, Caroline Hemming, as well as catalogues and patchwork paraphernalia amongst her possessions. Books Green Knowe series The Children of Green Knowe (1954) The Chimneys of Green Knowe (1958); U.S. title, Treasure of Green Knowe The River at Green Knowe (1959) A Stranger at Green Knowe (1961) An Enemy at Green Knowe (1964) The Stones of Green Knowe (1976) The Green Knowe series was published by Faber and Faber and by Puffin Books. Other fiction Yew Hall (1954)