Name: Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess: The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde (libro en Inglés)
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Author: Merlin Holland
ISBN: 9780007154197

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Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Merlin Holland

Editorial

Fourth Estate

Año

2004

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

384

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

20.3 x 12.7 x 2.4 cm

0.34 kg.

ISBN13

9780007154197

Categorías

Irlanda
Reino unido
Memorias bibliográficas
Historia y crítica literaria
Derecho procesal penal

Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess: The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde (libro en Inglés)

Merlin Holland · Fourth Estate

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'As good as being in the gallery. Enthralling.' Peter Ackroyd, The TimesThe original transcript of the famous Wilde vs Queensberry trial, containing previously unseen details and exchanges. With extensive footnotes and a new introduction, this definitive account is a dramatic read that will delight Wilde enthusiasts and the general reader.One of the most famous love affairs in literary history is that of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas. When it became public, it cost Wilde everything. Merlin Holland has discovered the original courtroom transcript of the trial which led to his grandfather's tragedy. Here at last is the true record, without the distortions of previous accounts.On 18 February 1895 Bosie's father, the Marquess of Queensberry, delivered a note to the Albemarle Club addressed to 'Oscar Wilde posing as somdomite [sic]'. With Bosie's encouragement, Wilde decided to sue the Marquess for libel. As soon as the trial opened London's literary darling was at the centre of the greatest scandal of his time.Wilde's fall from grace was swift: his case lost, prosecution by the Crown soon followed, ending in the imprisonment that destroyed his health - even as his art, as Wilde put it, improved through 'suffering'.In this remarkable book we witness Wilde's confidence ebbing under the relentless questioning and see him lose track of the witty lines for which he was famous. Ultimately, it was his wit that betrayed him.