Books by Adrian Room

Adrian Room is the author of over 30 popular reference books, mainly on the origins of words. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the English Place-Name Society and American Name Society. His work for Cassell includes the Cassell Dictionary of First Names, The Cassell Dictionary of Word Histories and he is currently editor of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable and other titles in the Brewer's series.