New York, Oct 11 (AP) British author-journalist Charles Spencer is working on a book about his childhood years at the Maidwell Hall boarding school and the painful lessons he endured.

Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Wednesday that in March it will publish '"A Very Private School: A Memoir." Gallery is calling the book a “clear-eyed, firsthand account of a ”culture of cruelty."

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Spencer, younger brother of the late Princess Diana, also will write about his “happy life at home” during that time, according to Gallery.

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Charles Spencer, who has previously expressed his unhappiness with boarding school, said in a statement released Wednesday that he had finally reached a point where he could make sense of his experiences and place them within a historical context.

“I'm writing this book before my memories of half a century ago tip over into that chasm of forgetfulness that shadows old age,” he said. "Beyond my own experiences, I wanted to look at what, really, was going on in this strangely secretive place.”

According to its web site, Maidwell is a boarding and day school for boys and girls, ages 4 to 13. A welcome note from Headmaster Anthony Rendall describes it as a “warm, welcoming vibrant prep school set in the beautiful English countryside.”

Spencer, 59, has written such bestsellers as “The White Ship,” “Blenheim” and “To Catch a King." He currently co-hosts the podcast Rabbit Hole Detectives.(AP)

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