Marquess of Queensberry - Wilde''s Nemesis

Klappentext Famous for destroying Oscar Wilde and helping establish the rules for modern-day boxing! this biography reveals a far more complex picture of John Sholto Douglas. Zusammenfassung The Marquess of Queensberry is perhaps as famous for destroying one of our greatest literary geniuses as he was for helping establish the rules of modern-day boxing. This biography of the marquess! also known as John Sholto Douglas! paints a far more complex picture by drawing on new sources and unpublished letters.

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• Autori: Linda Stratmann, Stratmann Linda
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.08.2014
• EAN: 9780300205206
• ISBN: 978-0-300-20520-6
• Pagine: 336
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, Scotland, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Biography: historical, political and military