More Lives Than One

The story of Oscar Wilde and his extraordinary family is a remarkable one. His parents, the brilliant Sir William and flamboyant Lady Jane, also led amazing lives and experienced triumph and tragedy. His wife Constance Wilde had to change her name and live in exile until her death. An epic family saga against a background of rebellion and famine, this has new revelations on Oscar’s time in prison, his father’s cover up of his illegitimate daughters’ deaths and Oscar's mother’s dire poverty before her death. By linking the generations a more complete picture emerges of a brilliant Irishman whose tragic fall still breaks the reader’s heart.

The story of Oscar Wilde and his extraordinary family is a remarkable one. Oscar's sensational triumphs and terrible downfall are incredibly moving but the story of the Wildes through the generations is one of phenomenal achievements and heartbreaking misfortunes, an epic family saga against a background of rebellion and famine.