Illustrated letters of Oscar Wilde

Although it is over 120 years since his infamous trial for indecency, Oscar Wilde has never held greater fascination for us. This packed illustrated biography tells the life of Oscar Wilde through his own words ? private letters, poems, plays, stories and legendary witticisms. It includes his relationships with key artists and writers of the time. It is illustrated throughout with paintings, engravings, contemporary photographs, cartoons and caricatures of Wilde and his social circleIt is a beautiful evocation of the glittering fin de siecle word by its most fascinating wordsmith and aesthete.