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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... read more

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On Saturday 2 March, at nine o'clock in the morning, the Marquess of Queensberry was arrested at Carter's Hotel on a warrant which Oscar Wilde and his solicitor, Charles Humphreys, had obtained the day before.

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  1. Merlin Holland (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Fourth Estate
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Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0007156642
Page Count: 384

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