Gyles Brandreth
Author of Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders
About the Author
Gyles Brandreth worked in theatre, television and publishing before becoming MP for the City of Chester and a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in John Major's government. He is now a London correspondent for CBS television, presents LBC's weekly arts review for ITN radio, and is editor-at-large of show more the Sunday Telegraph Review. Brandreth first worked with Sir John Gielgud in the 1970s at the Oxford Playhouse (where Gielgud originally appeared in 1924) and wrote his first celebration of Gielgud's life and work to mark the actor's eightieth birthday in 1984 show less
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Series
Works by Gyles Brandreth
Word Play: A cornucopia of puns, anagrams and other contortions and curiosities of the English language (1982) 57 copies
Word Play 8 copies
Elizabeth: An intimate portrait from the writer who knew her and her family for over fifty years (2022) 5 copies
Favorite Indoor Games 4 copies
Elizabeth: An intimate portrait from the writer who knew her and her family for over fifty years 2 copies
The BIG BOOK OF LITTLE POEMS 1 copy
A Game A Day Book 1 copy
Shazzam! 1 copy
The Puzzle Party Fun Book 1 copy
Associated Works
The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (2000) — Contributor, some editions — 552 copies
Welcome to Just a Minute: The Official Companion to Britain’s Best-Loved Radio Comedy (1849) — Contributor — 20 copies
It's Not What You Know: Series 5 — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney
- Other names
- Cuthwellis, Edgar
- Birthdate
- 1948-03-08
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
Germany
Hollywood, California, USA
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
New York, New York, USA - Education
- Lycée Francais Charles de Gaulle
Bedales School
Oxford University (New College) - Occupations
- politician
media personality
Member of Parliament
writer
actor - Organizations
- British Scrabble Championships (founder)
Oxford Union - Awards and honors
- European Monopoly champion
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Reviews
Oscar Wilde and the return of Jack the Ripper by Gyles Daubeney Brandreth
Interesting plot elements and fun atmosphere. Doyle and Wilde are enjoyable, as always, though there was more of a shadow this time, foreshadowing of Oscar’s imprisonment and Fall from grace and Doyle’s embracing of fairies and seances. Tainted it a bit with sadness
Love this series. There is always a genuine murder and plenty of period interest and Wilde wit.this one is harder than the others, as it is hard to think of Wilde alone, unable to read or talk, but the author keeps it moving and doesn't get you so emotionally involved that you can't enjoy the story
I love this series, but didn't enjoy this one as much. It may be that the resolution is a little too pat, or it may be that in this one the author foreshadowed the eventual tragedy that would befall Wilde
The Wilde quotes sprinkled throughout are always entertaining.
The mystery was, as usual, somewhat secondary to the pleasure of
Oscar's company, but adequate.
The mystery was, as usual, somewhat secondary to the pleasure of
Oscar's company, but adequate.
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Statistics
- Works
- 270
- Also by
- 8
- Members
- 4,815
- Popularity
- #5,215
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 133
- ISBNs
- 551
- Languages
- 10
- Favorited
- 3