\'As good as being in the gallery.
He lives in London.
He is a journalist and has been reasearching the life of his grandfather for the last 20 years.
About author(s): Merlin Holland is Oscar Wilde\'s grandson and sole executor of his estate.
Ultimately, it was his wit that betrayed him.
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.
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\'.
As soon as the Trial opened London\'s literary darling was at the centre of the greatest scandal of his time.
With Bosie\'s encouragement, Wilde decided to sue the Marquess for libel.
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]\'.
Here at last is the true record, without the distortions of previous accounts.
Merlin Holland has discovered the original courtroom transcript of the Trial which led to his grandfather\'s tragedy.
When it became public, it cost Wilde everything.
One of the most famous love affairs in literary history is that of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred \'Bosie\' Douglas.
With extensive footnotes and a new introduction, this definitive account is a dramatic read that will delight Wilde enthusiasts and the general reader.
Enthralling.\' Peter Ackroyd, The Times The original transcript of the famous Wilde vs Queensberry trial, containing previously unseen details and exchanges. \'As good as being in the gallery
