A Very Private School by Charles Spencer

A Very Private School by Charles SpencerA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age eight to attend a boarding school. 'A tour de force' Washington Post A Very Private School offers a clear eyed, firsthand account of a culture of cruelty at the school Spencer attended in his youth and provides important insights into an antiquated boarding system. Drawing on the memories of many of his schoolboy contemporaries,

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