Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess

'As good as being in the gallery. Enthralling.' Peter Ackroyd, The TimesThe original transcript of the famous...
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Author: Merlin Holland
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Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess by Holland, Merlin

Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess

$28.95

Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess

$28.95
Author: Merlin Holland
Format: Paperback
Language: English

'As good as being in the gallery. Enthralling.' Peter Ackroyd, The Times

The 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.



Author: Merlin Holland
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Published: 01/19/2004
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.96d
ISBN: 9780007154197

About the Author

Merlin Holland is Oscar Wilde's grandson and sole executor of his estate. He is a journalist and has been reasearching the life of his grandfather for the last 20 years. He lives in London




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