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

by Merlin Holland

Book Overview

London's Central Criminal Court Sessions Papers for April 1895 were blunt, declaring that "the details of this case are unfit for publication." The case was Oscar Wilde's first trial, a libel action brought against the Marquess of Queensberry for publicly calling him a homosexual. What unfolded in the court was one of Victorian London's most infamous scandals: the great, doomed love affair between Wilde and Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas, the Marquess's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007156642
• ISBN13: 9780007156641
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"