Oscar's Ghost - The Battle for Oscar Wilde's Legacy

-In all his life [Oscar] has never written me a letter that was unkind or at least unloving and to see anything terrible in his handwriting written directly to me would almost kill me.- This was written by Lord Alfred Douglas in 1897, before the contents of Oscar Wilde-s long letter written in prison and addressed to Douglas, De Profundis, were revealed; in which Wilde indicted Lord Alfred-s vanity and blamed him for his downfall - -appetite without distinction, desire without limit, and formless greed-.Years after Oscar Wilde-s death, two of his closest friends, Lord Alfred Douglas and his literary executor Robert Ross - both former lovers - engaged in a bitter battle over Wilde-s legacy and who was to blame for his downfall and early death. The furious struggle led to stalking, blackmail, witness tampering, prison, and a series of dramatic lawsuits. The feud had long-lasting repercussions, not only for the two men, but also for how we remember Oscar Wilde today.Ross was systematic, h