More Lives Than One: The Remarkable Wilde Family Through The Generations

The story of Oscar Wilde and his extraordinary family, from their veiled origins in the early eighteenth century to the present day, is a remarkable one. It is a story of phenomenal achievements and heartbreaking misfortunes. This epic family saga unfolds against the background of a country torn apart by rebellion and famine. 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 in the years before her death, lend a freshness to the narrative. By linking the generations, a more complete picture emerges of a brilliant Irishman whose wit and works still dazzle and whose tragic fall still breaks the reader's heart. ""Both of [Wilde's] brilliant parents had taught him well, and Gerard Hanberry's book seeks to restore their influence and important to one of the wittiest and most incisive writers who ever lived.""-Irish Voice