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

"The author has a wry lucid style that moves along briskly...an excellent little book."--Sunday Boston Globe on The Wilde Album

"Inordinately gripping."--New York Times

"Brilliant."--Seattle Weekly

"Tantalizing."--Los Angeles Times

"A fascinating document for anyone interested in the law or literature...as compelling as a Shakespearean tragedy."--Legal Times

"A gripping and fascinating volume [that]...ranks with the Apology, Plato's account of the trial of Socrates."--Daily Telegraph (London)

"An essential for aficionados...at times it is easy to forget that this is not one of Wilde's own playscripts."--The Observer

"Invaluable for the Wilde enthusiast, the legal scholar, the champion of human rights, and the student of English literature."--Publishers Weekly

"Touching ... sharp, unsentimental ... an expectedly vivid portrait."--London Times on The Wilde Album

"Marvellous ... a feast."--The Independent on The Wilde Album

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 Bosie'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.