Merlin Holland presents the original transcript of the famous Wilde versus Queensberry trial, containing previously unrecorded details and exchanges that took place in the courtroom. With extensive footnotes and a new introduction, this account brings to life the trial that redirected Wilde’s life. The love affair between Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Bosie Douglas is one of the most famous in history. As a direct consequence of this relationship, Wilde underwent three trials in quick succession in 1895, marking the beginning of the end of his celebrated career. In the first trial, he sued the Marquess of Queensberry for criminal libel, after Queensbury left his card at Wilde’s club with \