Oscar Wilde And the Candlelight Murders by Gyles Daubeney Brandreth

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, or Wilde's growing success, of the breakdown of his marriage, and of his fatal friendship with Aidan Fraser, Inspector at Scotland Yard... This 2007 John Murray Paperback is in good condition.

ISBN: 9780719569401 SKU: 1313846 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

SKU: 1313846
Location: Mystery