In his stunning memoir, Anthony Russell takes us inside his childhood growing up at Leeds Castle, with luxury and opulence few can imagine, and how he found his way in a changing society. "We were all very polite in the 1950s and none more so than I (granted, I had no choice). We combed our hair neatly and showed respect for our elders and betters in whom we placed bountiful trust to do the right thing at all times on our behalf. But when Elvis became 'All Shook Up' and invited us to love him tenderly, the world took note ...Nothing was the same again. Certainly not I." By the 1960s, a new world began to disrupt the polite reserve of the Castle Way, with new music and mores and social freedom - both alluring and alarming to a young man who had spent his youth in splendid isolation. Outrageous Fortune is an extraordinarily entertaining memoir - touching and at turns very funny and very sad. It is a uniquely vivid and intimate glimpse into a world gone by.
