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WILDE'S LAST STAND; DECADENCE, CONSPIRACY & THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

WILDE'S LAST STAND; DECADENCE, CONSPIRACY & THE FIRST WORLD WAR. -

by HOARE, Philip" - [MOORE, Patrick Kevin Philip, 1958- ] :

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London : Gerald Duckworth & Co., (1997). First edition. The story of the sensational libel trial brought against the famous dancer Maud Allan (1873-1956) in 1918, a case which threatened to bring down the British establishment. "This is a story of judges and prejudice, of aesthetes and admirals, of MPs and dancing girls, of sex and conspiracy". Medium 8vo (25cm). vi,250pp. Plates. Portraits. Original red boards, lettered in gilt; a very good copy in a just lightly used dust-jacket.
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