"Oscar Wilde's Last Stand is a shocking tale of heroes and villains—illuminating and upsetting in equal measure." —Sir Ian McKellen

“Makes brilliantly and acerbically clear [that] ‘the casualties of war were not only the bloodied bodies of a generation of young men, but also the notions of truth, justice, and toleration.’” —The New York Times

“Hoare provides a learned, witty, intelligent guide to significant aspects of subcultural history.” —Boston Globe

"Hoare has written a valuable, dazzling, and sometimes horrifying book." —Detroit Free Press

"This account of Wilde’s posthumous last trial and its wider significance is sensational in more than just the journalistic sense of the word." —Kirkus Reviews

"Hoare painstakingly re-creates the detailed history of the once-notorious Maud Allan case. . . . His account of the trial itself and its personalities is both astonishing and hilarious." —Sunday Times

"Written history is not often this fascinating, and hardly ever this amusing." —Toronto Globe and Mail

"The story of the Pemberton Billing trial is hugely entertaining and Philip Hoare has resurrected it in all its bizarre detail." —Literary Review

"[What] Hoare has done, with a wealth of fascinating detail, is to place the trial in its cultural context." —Observer

"Oscar Wilde's Last Stand is a shocking tale of heroes and villains—illuminating and upsetting in equal measure." —Sir Ian McKellen

“Makes brilliantly and acerbically clear [that] ‘the casualties of war were not only the bloodied bodies of a generation of young men, but also the notions of truth, justice, and toleration.’” —The New York Times

“Hoare provides a learned, witty, intelligent guide to significant aspects of subcultural history.” —Boston Globe

"Hoare has written a valuable, dazzling, and sometimes horrifying book." —Detroit Free Press

"This account of Wilde’s posthumous last trial and its wider significance is sensational in more than just the journalistic sense of the word." —Kirkus Reviews

"Hoare painstakingly re-creates the detailed history of the once-notorious Maud Allan case. . . . His account of the trial itself and its personalities is both astonishing and hilarious." —Sunday Times

"Written history is not often this fascinating, and hardly ever this amusing." —Toronto Globe and Mail

"The story of the Pemberton Billing trial is hugely entertaining and Philip Hoare has resurrected it in all its bizarre detail." —Literary Review

"[What] Hoare has done, with a wealth of fascinating detail, is to place the trial in its cultural context." —Observer