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Overview
A genius yet a failure through his tormented youth, Bosie's deep and enduring friendship with Oscar Wilde continued throughout the trials and subsequent imprisonment of Wilde and on until his death in 1900. Soon after, Bosie surprisingly eloped and started a family, briefly finding tranquility both in this and in his poetry. He became great friends with George Bernard Shaw and Marie Stopes and was associated with the Bloomsbury Group. His religious devotion increased as spiralling debts cut short his happiness. Soon battles with the remainder of the Wilde circle, his father-in-law and indeed his libelling of Winston Churchill led to his own imprisonment, followed by a semi-reclusive state until his death in 1945." "Douglas Murray has succeeded where Bosie himself failed in securing the release of a Home Office file which was to be sealed until 2043. It holds the key to Bosie's state of mind while in prison and the only original workings of some of his best poetry.Editorials
Francine Prose
Bosie illuminates the dark history of a complex man whose scandalous youthful affair brought him an unenviable immortality - as an intriguing, mysterious footnote in his famous lover's life story.— Elle
New Yorker
...meticulous, judicious, and surprisingly lively biography... Murray's Bosie is more complex and, ultimately, sympathetic than the one you thought you knew.New York Times Book Review
This is a shrewd, generous, and wise biography. Its stories and its cast of characters make it irresistible...(Murray's) achievement is quite remarkable...— June 18, 2000
Publisher's Weekly
... assiduously researched and percipient biography. Murray's access to (the further) details of Douglas's life through letters and journals...breaks new ground.— May 15, 2000
The Sunday Times (London)
One of the most impressive biographical debuts of our time.Robrt L. Pela
Murray's persuasive words may not alter Douglas's rogue status, but they do reveal the man behind "the love that dare not speak its name and provide insight into why he destroyed his famous lover.—Advocate
Book Details
Published
June 1, 2000
Publisher
New York : Hyperion, c2000.
Pages
480
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780786866533