{"product_id":"9780007158058-the-real-trial-of-oscar-wilde-the-first-uncensored-transcript-of-the-trial-of-oscar-wilde-vs-john-douglas-marquess-of-queensberry-1895","title":"Harpercollins Publishers - The Real Trial Of Oscar Wilde The First Uncensored Transcript Of The Trial Of Oscar Wilde Vs. John Douglas (Marquess Of Queensberry) 1895 - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: Oscar Wilde had one of literary history's mostexplosive love affairs with Lord Alfred \" Bosie\" Douglas. In 1895, Bosie's father the Marquessof Queensberry delivered a note to the Albemarle Clubaddressed to \" Oscar Wilde posing as sodomite.\" With Bosie's encouragement Wilde sued the Marquess forlibel. He not only lost but he was tried twice for \"grossindecency\" 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 Trialof Oscar Wilde documents an alarmingly swift fall fromgrace; it is also a supremely moving testament to the rightto live work and love as one's heart dictates.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: The Real Trial Of Oscar Wilde The First Uncensored Transcript Of The Trial Of Oscar Wilde Vs. John Douglas (Marquess Of Queensberry) 1895\u003cbr\u003e\nBrand: Harpercollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780007158058\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 400 Pages, Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 10\/5\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Case Law","brand":"Harpercollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49554918637873,"sku":"IN-G-9780007158058","price":20.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780007158058-the-real-trial-of-oscar-wilde-the-first-uncensored-transcript-of-the-trial-of-oscar-wilde-vs-john-douglas-marquess-of-queensberry-1895","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}