The Fall Of The House Of Wilde

Even the most ardent Wildean aficionados will be blown away by this impeccable biography. It sets the genius in the context of his highly original family, rather than treating him in isolation. “What gets overlooked is the tumultuous milieu in which Oscar grew up,” says O’Sullivan, “as the son of one of the most dazzling, prominent Anglo-Irish families in Victorian times.” After his sensational trial, his parents’ reputation was brought into disrepair and their histories went unwritten.” O’Sullivan certainly rights that wrong.