Bosie : Lord Alfred Douglas, his friends and enemies

Croft-Cooke, Rupert, 1903-1979. ; Douglas, Alfred Bruce, 1870-1945. ; Max Beerbohm, William Rothenstein, A. de Belleroche

Verlag: Indianapolis, Ind. : Bobbs-Merrill, 1963, 1963

Beschreibung

[1st American edition, 1st printing] ; 414 pages, [16] pages of plates : portraits ; 22 cm ; LCCN: 64-15654 ; LC: PR6007.O86; Dewey: 928.2 ; OCLC: 17655395 ; lavender and yellow cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; "A sympathetic biography of Alfred Douglas based on letters, newspaper articles, eye- witness accounts, and the personal knowledge of the author. After sketching Bosie's family background and boyhood, the author treats in detail the relationship between Bosie and Oscar Wilde, Bosie's failure as a husband and father, his financial and legal problems, and his conversion to Catholicism. Bosie's conduct in his dealings with Wilde is presented as honorable and courageous, though ill-advised and impulsive."--William Parker, Homosexuality in History, an Annotated Bibliography ; wear to dustjacket, else FINE/G. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007194

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Bosie : Lord Alfred Douglas, his friends and...

Verlag: Indianapolis, Ind. : Bobbs-Merrill, 1963

Erscheinungsdatum: 1963

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good

Auflage: 1st Edition.

Art des Buches: Book