The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde: The First Uncensored Transcript of the Trial of Oscar Wilde Vs. John Douglas, Marquess of Queensberry, 1895

Oscar Wilde had one of literary history's most explosive love affairs with Lord Alfred Bosie Douglas. In 1895, Bosie's father, the Marquess of Queensberry, delivered a note to the Albemarle Club addressed to Oscar Wilde posing as sodomite.

With Boosie's encouragement, Wilde sued the Marquess for libel. He not only lost but he was tried twice for gross indecency and sent to prison with two years' hard labor. With this publication of the uncensored trial transcripts, readers can for the first time in more than a century hear Wilde at his most articulate and brilliant. 

The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde documents an alarmingly swift fall from grace; it is also a supremely moving testament to the right to live, work, and love as one's heart dictates.

Author: Merlin Holland
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 10/05/2004
Pages: 340
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.28w x 0.93d
ISBN: 9780007158058

About the Author
Holland, Merlin: -

Merlin Holland is Oscar Wilde's only grandson. He has been researching Wilde's life for the last twenty years. He is the co-editor of The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde.