Freddie's Zanzibar childhood and a passage to India: The trauma that shaped a superstar
The joy and trauma of Freddie Mercury's childhood in Zanzibar and a brutal boarding school in India are recounted in Lesley-Ann Jones' book Love, Freddie.
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