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Wit, dramatist, dandy, and towering figure in the Victorian literary scene, Oscar Wilde is an enduring hero. Although married, Wilde embarked on one of the most famous love affairs in literary history with Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas. On February 18, 1895, Bosie's father, the Marquess of Queensberry, delivered a note to the Albermarle Club adressed to "Oscar Wilde posing as sodomite." With Bosie's encouragement, Wilde decided to sue the Marquess for libel. As soon as the trial opened, London's literary darling was at the heart of the greatest scandal of his time.

Wilde's fall from grace was swift: his case lost, prosecution by the Crown soon followed, ending in the imprisonment in Reading Gaol that destroyed his health -- within five years of the first verdict, the great Irish writer was dead. Here, for the first time, is the true record of the events that have been described as the "martyrdom" of Oscar Wilde.