A Right Royal Bastard: The Autobiography of Sarah Miles

by Sarah Miles

Sarah Miles was illegitimate, and of distant royal descent. Her childhood wasn't easy - dyslexic with a severe stammer, rebellion was her means of expression, animals and trees her friends. Expelled from Roedean and Crofton Grange, her mother despaired and sent her to London and RADA. On the loose in London, Sarah revealed a special talent for getting into trouble and an equal talent for acting. She landed herself an agent, fell in love with his son, lived with a prostitute and finally met the man whose photograph she had kept under her pillow since she was 11 and who would change the course of her life - Laurence Olivier. This is the first volume of a two-volume biography.

Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir

384 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1993

Reviews

[Alayne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had never heard of Sarah Miles when I picked this book up. After Googling her, I found that she was an actress who starred in my mother's favourite film, Ryan's Daughter. An interesting book about a girl who was so different from everyone else in her family, which really spoke to me as I feel the same way.

[Kevin Mannix · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this first part of Sarah's memoirs.

[Steve Higgins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting and well written read. Spends too much time on her childhood but at the end I was wishing I had volume 2 to read.

[Kath · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent. Smiles is brilliant! Love the insight into her well-balanced and self-contained brain! What a unique woman!