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Merlin Holland: Busting the Myths of Oscar Wilde

Since the death of Oscar Wilde in 1900, his legacy has been marred by countless mistruths, exaggerations and fabrications. Merlin Holland, Wilde’s grandson, busts these myths in his new book After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal. In this talk for The Oscar Wilde Society, Holland explains why he wrote the book and discusses some of the conjectures he sought to debunk, starting with the allegation that Wilde died of syphilis. Merlin Holland, the only grandson of Oscar Wilde, is an author living in France. For the last forty years he has been researching his grandfather’s life and works, and writes, lectures, and broadcasts regularly on the subject in English, French, and German, His publications include Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess, the first complete, verbatim record of the libel trial which ultimate brought Wilde to ruin, and The Wilde Album, a pictorial biography of Oscar Wilde. He is also the co-editor of The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde, as well as the editor of an abridged and commentated version of Oscar’s letters, Oscar Wilde: A Life in Letters. Merlin Holland is an honorary patron of the Oscar Wilde Society, which thanks him profusely for his efforts on behalf of Oscar, and for this presentation at our 33rd Oscar Wilde Birthday Dinner, held at the National Liberal Club. He is introduced by Vanessa Heron, the society’s chairman, and thanked by Don Mead, the society’s honorary vice president and former chairman. After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal is published by Europa Editions and available now. Learn more here: https://europaeditions.co.uk/book/978... For more information about The Oscar Wilde Society, visit https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/.