The Candlelight Murders
An absolutely gripping cosy historical mystery
$34.96
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2008
Summary
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 roo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780719569302 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0719569303 |
| Author: | Gyles Brandreth |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2008 |
| Weight: | 255g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 30mm |
| Series: | The Victorian Murder Mystery Series |
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Praise for Gyles Brandreth and Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders - -
Brandreth has poured his considerable familiarity with London into a witty fin de siecle entertainment, and the rattlingly elegant dialogue is peppered with witticisms uttered by Wilde well before he ever thought of putting them into his plays - Sunday TimesOne of the most intelligent, amusing and entertaining books of the year. If Oscar Wilde himself had been asked to write this book he could not have done it any better.’ - Alexander McCall SmithGenius … Wilde has sprung back to life in this thrilling and richly atmospheric new novel…The perfect topography for crime and mystery … magnificent … an unforgettable shocker about sex and vice, love and death - Sunday ExpressVery funny - Independent on SundayGyles Brandreth and Oscar Wilde seem made for one another … There is much here to enjoy … the complex and nicely structured plot zips along. - Daily TelegraphThis is to be a series and if they’re all as enjoyable as the first, they’ll all be surefire best-sellers … The plot races along like a carriage pulled by thoroughbreds … So enjoyably plausible - The ScotsmanBoth a romp through fin-de-si?cle London … and a carefully researched portrait of Oscar Wilde … Very entertaining - Literary ReviewAbout The Author
Gyles Brandreth
Gyles Brandreth is a writer, broadcaster and former MP. He currently writes for the Daily Telegraph and Mail on Sunday.
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