Spydus Search Results - Subject: Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 (Keywords)

To the end of the world : travels with Oscar Wilde / Rupert Everett.

They say that sometimes ghosts don't realise they're dead and wander around screaming because no one is paying them any attention. Well, in show business you may have been dead five years before you finally twig. You howl around the corridors of power while the elected march straight through. Then one day you catch yourself in a mirror and there is nothing looking back. In his highly anticipated third memoir, Rupert Everett tells the story of how he set out to make a film of Oscar Wilde's last days, and how that ten-year quest almost destroyed him.
Author: Everett, Rupert
Published: London : Abacus, 2021.
337 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm

Holborn Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 791.43028 - Available - 30111069271384
Queens Crescent Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 791.43028 - Available - 30111069270527

To the end of the world : travels with Oscar Wilde / Rupert Everett.

They say that sometimes ghosts don't realise they're dead and wander around screaming because no one is paying them any attention. Well, in show business you may have been dead five years before you finally twig. You howl around the corridors of power while the elected march straight through. Then one day you catch yourself in a mirror and there is nothing looking back. In his highly anticipated third memoir, Rupert Everett tells the story of how he set out to make a film of Oscar Wilde's last days, and how that ten-year quest almost destroyed him.
Author: Everett, Rupert
Published: London : Little, Brown, 2020.
337 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm

Kentish Town Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 792.028092 - Available - 30111069178795
St Pancras Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 792.028092 - Available - 30111069177342
Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 792.028092 - Available - 30111069178167

Jack the Ripper : case closed / Gyles Brandreth.

London, 1894. 'I am not a detective, chief constable'. 'No, but you are a poet, a freemason and man of the world. All useful qualifications for the business at hand'. So says police chief Macnaghten to Oscar Wilde, in a Chelsea drawing room in the company of Arthur Conan Doyle.
Author: Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney, 1948-
Published: London : Corsair, 2018.
351 pages ; 20 cm

Queens Crescent Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Fiction - CRI - Available - 30111068802817

The fall of the house of Wilde : Oscar Wilde and his family / Emer O'Sullivan.

'The Fall of the House of Wilde' for the first time places Oscar Wilde as a member of one of the most dazzling Anglo-Irish families of Victorian times, and also in the broader social, political and religious context. A remarkable and perceptive account, this is a major repositioning of our first modern celebrity, a man whose own fall from grace in a trial as public as his father's marked the end of fin de siecle decadence.
Author: O'Sullivan, Emer
Published: London : Bloomsbury, 2016.
xii, 495 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 WILD - Available - 30111068455921

Marquess of Queensberry : Wilde's nemesis / Linda Stratmann.

The Marquess of Queensberry is perhaps as famous for destroying one of our greatest literary geniuses as he was for helping establish the rules for modern-day boxing. The trial and two-year imprisonment of Oscar Wilde, following a series of events inspired by Wilde's romantic interest in his son, remains one of history's great tragedies. However, Linda Stratman's biography of the marquess, also known as John Sholto Douglas, paints a far more complex picture by drawing on new sources and unpublished letters.
Author: Stratmann, Linda
Published: New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2013.
336 p. : ill.

Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 941.081092 - Available - 30111067942705

Oscar Wilde and the murders at Reading Gaol / Gyles Brandreth.

In this, the latest novel in his acclaimed Oscar Wilde murder mystery series, Gyles Brandreth takes us deep into the dark heart of Wilde's cruel incarceration.
Author: Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney, 1948-
Published: London : John Murray, 2012.
xxv, 325 p. ; 24 cm.

Holborn Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Fiction - CRI - Available - 30111045363222

Oscar Wilde and the Vatican murders / Gyles Brandreth.

In 1892 Arthur Conan Doyle, exhausted by his creation Sherlock Holmes, retires to the spa at Bad Homburg. The first person he encounters is Oscar Wilde. When the two friends make a series of macabre discoveries amongst the portmanteau of fan mail Conan Doyle has brought to answer, the game is once more afoot.
Author: Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney, 1948-
Published: London : John Murray, 2012.
xix, 325 p. : map ; 20 cm.

Holborn Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Fiction - CRI - Available - 30111050857274

Constance : the tragic and scandalous life of Mrs Oscar Wilde / Franny Moyle.

The fascinating story of the decadent and thrilling world of Oscar Wilde's wife Constance, and the world of scandal which would betray her.
Author: Moyle, Franny
Published: London : John Murray, 2012.
viii, 374 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.

West Hampstead Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - BIO WILD - Available - 30111045305751

Oscar Wilde and the nest of vipers / Gyles Brandreth.

The fourth of Gyles Brandreth's acclaimed series of Victorian mysteries starring Oscar Wilde - wit, dandy, professional playwright - and amateur sleuth.
Author: Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney, 1948-
Published: London : John Murray, 2011.
xxi, 426 p. : map ; 20 cm.

Camden Town Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Fiction - CRI - Available - 30111050784726
Kentish Town Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Fiction - CRI - Available - 30111050785723

Constance : the tragic and scandalous life of Mrs Oscar Wilde / Franny Moyle.

The fascinating story of the decadent and thrilling world of Oscar Wilde's wife Constance, and the world of scandal which would betray her.
Author: Moyle, Franny
Published: London : John Murray, 2011.
x, 374 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Queens Crescent Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 WILD - Available - 30111045267423

Oscar Wilde and the dead man's smile [text(large print)] / Gyles Brandreth.

Set in Paris in 1883, Oscar, aged 27, discovers dark secrets lying at the heart of the La Grange company, and is confronted by murders both foul and bizarre.
Author: Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney, 1948-
Published: Bath : Windsor, 2009.
376 p. (large print) ; 25 cm.

Camden Home Library Service - (Camden Libraries) - Large Print - LP - Available - 30111042971233

Oscar's books / Thomas Wright.

This title explores the personality of Oscar Wilde through his reading. It argues that reading exercised a formative influence on Wilde's character and was the inspiration for his own writings.
Author: Wright, Thomas (Thomas Edward), 1973-
Published: London : Chatto & Windus, 2008.
xiv, 370 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 WILD - Available - 30111045031019

Oscar Wilde and the candlelight murders [text(large print)] / Gyles Brandreth.

Oscar Wilde, celebrated poet, wit, playwright & raconteur is the literary sensation of his age. Yet when he chances across the naked corpse of Billy Wood, he cannot ignore the murder. With the help of Arthur Conan Doyle he sets out to solve the crime.
Author: Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney, 1948-
Large print ed.
Published: Bath : Windsor, 2007.
352 p. ; 25 cm.

Holborn Library - (Camden Libraries) - Large Print - LP - Available - 30111040432436

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

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.
Author: Holland, Merlin
Published: London : Fourth Estate, 2003.
xliii, 340 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 24 cm.

Swiss Cottage Library Reserve Stock - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 WILD - Available - 30111039676886

Wilde style : the plays and prose of Oscar Wilde / Neil Sammells.

Neil Sammells examines the major prose and plays of Oscar Wilde in this study that provides clear and detailed discussions of specific texts within their wider literary context. The author also explores Wilde's influence on contemporary popular culture.
Author: Sammells, Neil
Published: Harlow : Longman, 2000.
[vi], 143p. ; 24 cm.
Studies in 18th and 19th century literature

Swiss Cottage Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 828 WILD - Available - 30111038156120

Oscar Wilde : a certain genius / Barbara Belford.

After William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde is the most quoted of writers. His rise to prominence as a playwright of high comedy, and his ego-driven fall from grace continue to fascinate. This book presents the life of Wilde for a new generation of readers.
Author: Belford, Barbara
Published: London : Bloomsbury, 2000.
xii, 383p., [16]p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 24 cm.

Swiss Cottage Library Reserve Stock - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 WILD - Available - 30111038290697

The complete letters of Oscar Wilde / edited by Merlin Holland and Rupert Hart-Davis.

This edition marks the centenary of Oscar Wilde's death. It contains over 1,500 of his letters, where he corresponded with many leading political, literary and artistic figures of the time including William Gladstone, W.B. Yeats and Max Beerbohm.
Author: Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
Published: London : Fourth Estate, 2000.
xxvi, 1270p., [32]p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 26 cm.

Swiss Cottage Library Reserve Stock - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - BIO WILD - Available - 30111038292701

The house beautiful : Oscar Wilde and the aesthetic interior / Charlotte Gere with Lesley Hoskins.

Published in the centenary year of Oscar Wilde's death, this book celebrates Wilde's association with the Aesthetic Movement, which flourished in Britain and America in the late nineteenth century and which Wilde came to personify.
Author: Gere, Charlotte, 1937-
Published: London : Lund Humphries, 2000.
144p. : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 30 cm.

Swiss Cottage Library Reserve Stock - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 747.2048 - Available - 30111039193023

The major works / Oscar Wilde ; edited with an introduction and notes by Isobel Murray.

Oscar Wilde, the Major Works brings together a unique combination of poetry, prose, short stories, play critical dialogues and Wilde's only novel, to explore the essence of his work and thinking processes.
Author: Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.
xxii, 638p. ; 20 cm.
Oxford world's classics

Kilburn Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 828.809 - Available - 30111041018424

Wilde's last chance : the Dreyfus connection

When Wilde came to Paris in 1898 a friend informed him of the plot to frame a Jewish army officer, Alfred Dreyfus, of treason, hoping to enlist Wilde's genius in its exposure. How this scheme backfired is the theme of this fascinating book.
Author: Hichens, Mark
Published: Edinburgh : Pentland, 1999.
220p. ; 24 cm.

Swiss Cottage Library Reserve Stock - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 WILD - Available - 30111037275194

Oscariana / compiled by Stephen Calloway.

Oscar Wilde, the author of The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest, was the greatest wit and aesthete of his age, ridiculing convention and authority with his incisive moral and political thought, as this collection shows.
Author: Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
Published: London : Orion, 1997.
96p. ; 17 cm.

Holborn Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 828 WILD - Available - 30111035642528

The Wilde album / Merlin Holland.

Compiled by his only grandson, The Wilde Album offers the most comprehensive collection of photographs and images from the public and private lives of Oscar Wilde.
Author: Holland, Merlin
Published: London : Fourth Estate, 1997.
192p., [16]p. of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 19 cm.

West Hampstead Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 WILD - Available - 30111035642536

Oscar Wilde / Frank Harris. including, My memories of Oscar Wilde / by George Bernard Shaw ; introduction by Merlin Holland.

Frank Harris was Oscar Wilde's friend and confidant who also published some of Wilde's greatest works. His biography of Wilde is according to George Bernard Shaw the best ever written and provides a realistic perspective on his life and times.
Author: Harris, Frank, 1856-1931
Published: London : Robinson, 1997.
x, 358p. ; 21 cm.

Swiss Cottage Library Reserve Stock - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 WILD - Available - 30111035940161

Oscar Wilde / by Richard Ellmann.

Author: Ellmann, Richard, 1918-1987
Published: London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987.
xiv, 632 p., [32] p. of plates: ill., facsims., ports.; 24 cm.

Queens Crescent Library - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 WILD - Available - 30111028529278

More letters of Oscar Wilde / edited by Rupert Hart-Davis.

Author: Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
Published: London: John Murray, 1985.
215 p.: ill.; 23 cm.

Swiss Cottage Library Reserve Stock - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920/wild - Available - 30111000862358

The Mad bad line: the family of Lord Alfred Douglas / by Brian Roberts.

Author: Roberts, Brian, 1930-
Published: London: Hamish Hamilton, 1981.
x, [2], 319 p., [8] p. of plates: ill., geneal. table, ports.; 24 cm.

Swiss Cottage Library Reserve Stock - (Camden Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 920 DOUG - Available - 30111031498560