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Outrageous fortune [large type] : growing up at Leeds Castle / Anthony Russell.

by Russell, Anthony, 1952-

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Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2014.

Russell, Anthony, 1952- -- Childhood and youth.

Baillie, Olive, 1899-1974.

Leeds Castle (England)

Nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.

Kent (England) -- Social life and customs.

9781410466808 (large print : hardcover)

1410466809 (large print : hardcover)

Thorndike Press large print biography series.

395 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Large print edition.

A view from the pram -- The castle way -- Son of sponge -- The launching of the ducks -- Hill House days -- On vacation -- Christmas and Crockett -- Conversation piece -- Paradise Island -- Boarding school -- Record roundabout -- A castle way letter -- The maiden's tower -- Terror at the gallop -- French connection -- Beatlemaniac -- Stowe versus home front -- Do what? -- Heaven and hell -- The unwary beneficiary -- The man at the gate.

Built in the twelfth century as a Norman stronghold, Leeds Castle once housed kings and queens. It lay in disrepair for nearly a century until Anthony Russell's grandmother, Lady Baillie, restored the fortress to its former glory. Here, surrounded by a moat and sprawling grounds, Anthony spent his childhood. It was life of beauty and privilege, but for a shy boy often lonely. And, as Anthony reveals in his extraordinarily vivid and frank memoir, it was perhaps not the best preparation for modern life beyond the castle's walls.

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