![]() Written, and originally published in 2000, with access to never-before-seen papers, Bosie explores the contradictions, tensions and turmoils of Douglas's life with Wilde and beyond as a poet, husband and father. Wilde's story is well known, but this is the first book to tell it fully from Douglas's perspective. When the details of their relationship were aired in court, Wilde was convicted of gross indecency and later imprisoned. ![]() Their relationship caused a scandal in 1895 when Wilde took Queensberry, Douglas's aggressive father, to court for libel. Aged twenty-one he met and became the lover and subsequent obsession of Oscar Wilde. ![]() Douglas Murray is a genius' Rupert Everett Lord Alfred Douglas, known as 'Bosie', son of the Marquess of Queensberry, was known as one of the most beautiful young men of his generation. full of compassion, perception' Roger Lewis, The Times 'I love this book. WITH A NEW FOREWORD AND REVISED INTRODUCTION 'A superb biography. ![]()
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