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Launch Party
Date Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013
Signing Books at the launch party courtesy of Nigel & Cherry Milne, Piccadilly Arcade, London
With the Hon. Michael & Clare Tollemache at the launch party
Anthony & Catherine at launch party with Lady Mary Gaye Curzon and Lady Charlotte Dinan
Guests arriving at the party – Nigel Milne (center)
November 15 Visit to Leeds Castle to plan the May 10th 2014 Book Launch Weekend with Castle Foundation CEO Victoria Wallace
Date Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013
Anthony Russell – Outrageous Fortune – Interview with Connie Martinson
Date Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013
London Telegraph Interview
Date Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013
Anthony giving interview to the London Telegraph
Book Signing
Date Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2013
Book Signing @ Robson Press prior to the Launch Party
Leaving BBC
Date Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2013
Author leaving the BBC Studios, London
UK Publisher
Date Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2013
Anthony Russell with his UK Publisher Jeremy Robson
BBC London
Date Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2013
Interview with the BBC London November 12, 2013
The UK jacket cover of Outrageous Fortune .. coming November 11th
Date Published: Thursday, October 24th, 2013
OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE
Date Published: Wednesday, August 14th, 2013
OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE Growing Up at Leeds Castle will be published in the USA by St Martin’s Press and in the UK by the Robson Press in November 2013.
“Anthony Russell reflects with sensitivity and precision on the opulence and grandeur of his childhood, lived in the serenity of two of the most beautiful castles in the British Isles.”
—Anjelica Huston, Academy Award–winning actress and author of A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in Ireland, London, and New York
“Anthony Russell’s grandmother left an immaculate and beautiful legacy for the nation in the shape of Leeds Castle. But Anthony himself has improved upon that legacy, by injecting into it life, human interest and a fascinating insight into the way in which the family used the castle, in a memoir which engages and delights in equal measure.”
—Victoria Wallace, CEO Leeds Castle Foundation
“A beautiful account of a boy’s life behind castle walls, sometimes shocking, sometimes serene. Anthony Russell gives us a delightful insight into the world of vast wealth and privilege that is about to change forever. I loved every minute of getting to know the highly dysfunctional characters who magically appear at certain times for drinks, drinks and then more drinks!
One of my favorite moments is when a young Anthony bravely introduces Roy Orbison to the castle court. Wish I could’ve been there! I read “Outrageous Fortune” in two days. It just wouldn’t leave me alone.”
—Jeff Lynne, musician/record producer
“It takes time for a book to be accepted as a classic, but I am sure Anthony Russell’s will be. The book might have been entitled, with a nod to Russell’s grandmother’s friend Noël Coward, Poor Little Rich Boy—for who else has had the experience of being brought up in unimaginable luxury while not receiving lavish attention? And who, if he had that experience, would be capable of writing about it a little masterpiece like Outrageous Fortune?”
—Bevis Hillier, author of Art Deco Style
“A few years ago, while filming the DVD for my “Castles in the Air” concert at Leeds Castle, I decided to stay at the castle over night and so, after the performance I invited my family and friends to join me for dinner in the huge dining room there. I wanted us to get a glimpse of a way of life from a bygone era. How I wish I had read “Outrageous Fortune” before that night!
This book is full of humorous and interesting personalities and anecdotes that make the castle and its past come alive! Ducks being ‘launched’ down a ramp and into the lake. Parrots being flown into England in first class! Even a ‘virgin’ birth ?? Anthony not only brings the castle’s past to life, but also shows the ‘humanity’ of Aristocracy.”
—Sir Cliff Richard, recording artist
Major Publicity Event at Leeds Castle
Date Published: Wednesday, August 14th, 2013
On Saturday May 10th, 2014, Leeds Castle will play host to a major publicity event on behalf of the author and his memoir of childhood.
Please refer back to this page for more information soon.
