Constance
The Tragic and Scandalous Life of Mrs Oscar Wilde
$40.09
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
13 March 2012
Summary
In the spring of 1895, the life of Constance Wilde changed irrevocably. Up until the conviction of her husband, Oscar, for homosexual crimes, she had held a privileged position in society. Part of a gilded couple, she was a popular children’s author, a fashion icon, and a leading campaigner for women’s rights. A founding member of the magical society the Golden Dawn, her pioneering and questioning spirit encouraged her to sample some of the more controversial aspects of her time. Mrs Oscar Wi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848541641 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848541643 |
| Author: | Franny Moyle |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 13 March 2012 |
| Weight: | 286g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 27mm |
| Series: | John Murray |
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‘An utterly gripping read’ - Sunday ExpressRiveting - Independent on SundayMoyle’s book captures all the sex, madness and addiction, making modern-day sagas seem downright dull! - GlamourConstance Wilde is the subject of one of this year’s most heartbreaking biographies…Moyle vindicates a remarkble and courageous woman whose loyalty to her husband was unfailing. While focusing on Constance, the book sheds new light on Wilde as a fond, endearing and surprisingly domesticated family man - Sunday Times, Books of the YearAbout The Author
Franny Moyle
Franny Moyle has a degree in English and History of Art from St John’s College, Cambridge and is the author of Desperate Romantics. She enjoyed a career in arts programming at the BBC that culminated in her becoming the corporation’s first Commissioner for Arts and Culture. She is now a freelance executive producer and writer as well as a director of the Hackney Empire, which is near her home in East London. She is married with three children.
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