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Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Gaol: A Mystery - Gyles Brandreth
Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Gaol: A Mystery
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Oscar Wilde has fled to France after his release from Reading Gaol. Tonight he is sharing a drink and the story of his cruel imprisonment with a mysterious stranger. Oscar has endured the treadmill, solitary confinement, censored letters, no writing materials. Yet even in the midst of such... show more
Oscar Wilde has fled to France after his release from Reading Gaol. Tonight he is sharing a drink and the story of his cruel imprisonment with a mysterious stranger. Oscar has endured the treadmill, solitary confinement, censored letters, no writing materials. Yet even in the midst of such deprivation, his astonishing detective powers remain undiminished—and when first a brutal warder and then the prison chaplain are found murdered, who else should the governor turn to for help other than Reading Gaol’s most celebrated inmate?
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781439153758 (1439153752)
ASIN: 1439153752
Publisher: Touchstone
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Series: The Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries (#6)
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4.0 Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Gaol (Brandreth)
The sixth of the Brandreth Oscar Wilde murder mysteries, this is in many ways my favourite. That is, I suppose, because for me these books have been more about Brandreth's re-creation of Wilde's voice and milieu, and the murder mystery in each has been secondary. So this novel, which takes place dur...
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