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Title: Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders Condition: New Subtitle: Oscar Wilde Mystery: 1 Author: Gyles Brandreth Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0719569303 EAN: 9780719569302 ISBN: 9780719569302 Publisher: Hodder Paperback Genre: Fiction Topic: Crime Thrillers & Mystery Release Date: 10/01/2008 Description: In OSCAR WILDE AND THE CANDLELIGHT MURDERS, the first in Gyles Brandreth's acclaimed Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries series featuring Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle, the brutal murder of a young rent-boy puts Oscar in grave danger... 'Intelligent, amusing and entertaining' Alexander McCall Smith 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... Set against the exotic background of fin-de-siecle London, Paris, Oxford and Edinburgh, Gyles Brandreth recreates Oscar Wilde's trademark sardonic wit with huge flair, intertwining all the intrigue of the classic English murder mystery with a compelling portrait of one of the greatest characters of the Victorian age. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 197mm Item Length: 130mm Item Width: 25mm Item Weight: 252g Book Series: Oscar Wilde Mystery Release Year: 2008 Missing Information?
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