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Constance: The Tragic and Scandalous Life of Mrs. Oscar Wilde - Hardcover

Moyle, Franny

 
9781605983813: Constance: The Tragic and Scandalous Life of Mrs. Oscar Wilde
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1605983810 ISBN 13: 9781605983813
Verlag: PEGASUS BOOKS, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

In the spring of 1895 the life of Constance Wilde changed irrevocably. Up until the conviction of her husband, Oscar, for homosexual crimes, she had held a privileged position in society. Part of a gilded couple, she was a popular children's author, a fashion icon, and a leading campaigner for women's rights. A founding member of the magical society The Golden Dawn, her pioneering and questioning spirit encouraged her to sample some of the more controversial aspects of her time. Mrs. Oscar Wilde was a phenomenon in her own right. But that spring Constance's entire life was eclipsed by scandal. Forced to flee to the Continent with her two sons, her glittering literary and political career ended abruptly. She lived in exile until her death. Franny Moyle now tells Constance's story with a fresh eye. Drawing on numerous unpublished letters, she brings to life the story of a woman at the heart of fin-de-siecle London and the Aesthetic movement. In a compelling and moving tale of an unlikely couple caught up in a world unsure of its moral footing, Moyle unveils the story of a woman who was the victim of one of the greatest betrayals of all time.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Franny Moyle has a degree in English and History of Art from St John's College, Cambridge, and is the author of Desperate Romantics. She was a leading arts producer at the BBC, which culminated in her becoming the corporation's first Commissioner for Arts and Culture, and is now a freelance writer in London.

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Verlag
PEGASUS BOOKS
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1605983810
ISBN 13 
9781605983813
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
336
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