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"William Fiennes spent his childhood in a magical place, a moated castle, the perfect environment for a child with a brimming imagination. It is a house alive with history, beauty and mystery, but the young boy growing up is equally in awe of his brother Richard. Eleven years older a magnetic presence, Richard suffers from severe epilepsy. His energy influences the rhythms of the family and house's internal life, and his story inspires a journey, interwoven with loving recollection, towards an understanding of the mind"--Dust jacket.