Oscar Wilde: the Legacy of a Scandal

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Oscar Wilde: the Legacy of a Scandal
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Oscar Wilde died in November 1900, exiled in Paris and exhausted by scandal and prison life. The details of his life in the limelight are well known; what has regularly been ignored are the reverberations of the scandal for decades after his death: the challenges his descendants faced, the myths and legends, the quarrels between his friends and enemies and the court cases.

Following an introduction by Gyles Brandreth, Wilde’s only grandson, Merlin Holland talks to actor and writer Rupert Everett about his new book After Oscar: the Legacy of a Scandal, which details the remarkable posthumous life of one of our most celebrated literary and cultural figures.

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  • Merlin Holland

    Merlin Holland, the only grandson of Oscar Wilde, is an author living in France.

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  • Rupert Everett

    Rupert Everett is a film, television and stage actor and author.

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