Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders

by Gyles Brandreth | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0719569303 Global Overview for this book
Registered by ReetPetite of Beeston, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on 1/20/2008
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Journal Entry 1 by ReetPetite from Beeston, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Sunday, January 20, 2008
Synopsis
This work is set in London, 1889. Oscar Wilde, celebrated poet, wit, playwright and raconteur is the literary sensation of his age. All Europe lies at his feet. Yet when he chances across the naked corpse of sixteen-year-old Billy Wood, posed by candlelight in a dark stifling attic room, he cannot ignore the brutal murder. With the help of fellow author Arthur Conan Doyle he sets out to solve the crime - but it is Wilde's unparalleled access to all degrees of late Victorian life, from society drawing rooms and the bohemian demi-monde to the underclass, that will prove the decisive factor in their investigation of what turns out to be a series of brutal killings. "The Oscar Wilde Murders" is a gripping detective story of corruption and intrigue, of Wilde's growing success, of the breakdown of his marriage, and of his fatal friendship with Aidan Fraser, Inspector at Scotland Yard!

Journal Entry 2 by ReetPetite from Beeston, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Friday, January 1, 2010
Enjoyed this book, it's a quick read.
Reserved for snufkin81

Journal Entry 3 by snufkin81 from Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa on Friday, January 22, 2010
This arrived safely today. Thanks so much ReetPetite!

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