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Irish peacock & scarlet marquess : the real trial of Oscar Wilde / Merlin Holland ; foreword by Sir John Mortimer.

Title
  1. Irish peacock & scarlet marquess : the real trial of Oscar Wilde / Merlin Holland ; foreword by Sir John Mortimer.
Published by
  1. London ; New York : Fourth Estate, 2003.
Author
  1. Holland, Merlin

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Description
  1. xliii, 340 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. One of the most famous love affairs in literary history is that of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Bosie Douglas. As a direct consequence of this relationship, Wilde underwent three trials in 1895. In this text, Merlin Holland presents the original transcript of the Wilde versus Queensberry trial.
Uniform title
  1. Real trial of Oscar Wilde
Alternative title
  1. Real trial of Oscar Wilde
  2. Irish peacock and scarlet marquess
Subject
  1. Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 > Trials, litigation, etc
  2. Queensberry, John Sholto Douglas, Marquis of, 1844-1900 > Trials, litigation, etc
  3. 1800-1899
  4. Geschichte 1895-1900
  5. Trials (Libel) > London > History > 19th century
  6. Trials (Sodomy) > London > History > 19th century
Genre/Form
  1. History
  2. Trials, litigation, etc.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. Simultaneously published in the U.S. under title: The real trial of Oscar Wilde : the first uncensored transcript of the trial of Oscar Wilde vs. John Douglas, Marquess of Queensberry, 1895.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-331) and index.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain