After Oscar
The Legacy of a Scandal
$63.74
- Hardcover
687 pages
- Release Date
19 January 2026
Summary
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 have regularly been ignored are the reverberations of the scandal for decades after his death.
With pathos, humour, and his grandfather’s signature wit, Holland charts the extraordinary afterlife of the legendary writer and thinker, and traces the dramatic fluctuations in Wilde’s posthumous reputation over the past 125 years. A true…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787705920 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1787705927 |
| Author: | Merlin Holland |
| Publisher: | Europa Editions (UK) Ltd |
| Imprint: | Europa Editions (UK) Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 687 |
| Release Date: | 19 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 950g |
| Dimensions: | 60mm x 257mm x 161mm |
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“Oscar Wilde deserves a work of genius. Now he has one.”
* Gyles Brandreth, broadcaster and writer *About The Author
Merlin Holland
Merlin Holland, the only grandson of Oscar Wilde, is an author living in France. For the last 40 years he has been researching his grandfather’s life and works, and writes, lectures, and broadcasts regularly on the subject in English, French, and German. His most notable publications include Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess, the first complete, verbatim record of the libel trial which ultimately brought Oscar Wilde to ruin, and The Wilde Album, a pictorial biography of Oscar Wilde. After Oscar, his latest book, is an account of Oscar’s posthumous life and traces the extraordinary fluctuations in his grandfather’s reputation after his death.
After Oscar’s conviction in 1895, his wife, Constance, and their two sons were forced to move abroad and change their name to Holland. The family has never reverted to the name Wilde.
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