Historically accurate and great fun. Brandreth used lot’s of Wilde quotes in the text (apparently Wilde did ‘try out’ phrases with friends prior to their appearing in his work). Wilde has Sherlock Holmes-esque observational skills and uses these to the full to solve the murder and like all good crimes I got to the end amazed by the solution but sure that if I read it again all the clues would be staring me in the face.
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