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Gyles Brandreth

Autor(a) de Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders

270+ Works 4,819 Membros 133 Críticas 3 Favorited

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 mostrar mais 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 mostrar menos
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Séries

Obras por Gyles Brandreth

Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death (2008) 354 exemplares
Oscar Wilde and the Nest of Vipers (2010) 180 exemplares
Have You Eaten Grandma? (2018) 124 exemplares
More Joy of Lex (1982) 84 exemplares
The Super Joke Book (1983) 77 exemplares
The Book of Solo Games (1983) 71 exemplares
Great Theatrical Disasters (1982) 61 exemplares
871 Famous Last Words (1979) 55 exemplares
John Gielgud: A Celebration (1980) 43 exemplares
Classic Puzzles (1985) 40 exemplares
The Puzzle Mountain (1981) 39 exemplares
Numberplay (1984) 38 exemplares
Classic Optical Illusions (2003) 35 exemplares
Odd Boy Out (2021) 35 exemplares
Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait (2022) 33 exemplares
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (2017) 33 exemplares
The Scrabble Book (1981) 32 exemplares
The World's Best Indoor Games (1981) 28 exemplares
Optical Illusion Flip Book (2001) 27 exemplares
7 Secrets of Happiness (2013) 25 exemplares
Mindbenders and Brainteasers (1987) 23 exemplares
Philip: The Final Portrait (2021) 23 exemplares
Quick and Easy Magic Tricks (1988) 20 exemplares
The Word Book (1988) 20 exemplares
The Book of Mistaikes (1982) 19 exemplares
Everyman's Classic Puzzles (1985) 16 exemplares
The Book of Snubs (1994) 16 exemplares
The Mermaid at No. 13 (1989) 16 exemplares
On Christmas (2018) 15 exemplares
The Ghost at No.13 (1987) 15 exemplares
The Scrabble Companion (1988) 11 exemplares
Word Games (1987) 11 exemplares
Complete Book of Scrabble (1980) 11 exemplares
Fascinating Body Facts (1987) 10 exemplares
Who is Nick Saint? (1996) 10 exemplares
The Big Book of Silly Riddles (1987) 10 exemplares
Secret Codes and Hidden Messages (1986) 10 exemplares
Game-A-Day Book (1980) 9 exemplares
Brainteasers Trivia Quizbook (1991) 9 exemplares
The Card Player's Companion (1990) 9 exemplares
Venice Midnight (1998) 9 exemplares
The Bumper Book of Jokes (1995) 9 exemplares
The Scrabble Omnibus (1984) 8 exemplares
Monopoly Omnibus (1985) 8 exemplares
Everyman's Word Games (1986) 8 exemplares
Word Play 8 exemplares
The complete public speaker (1983) 7 exemplares
Bruno Bruin Discovers America (1999) 7 exemplares
Cats' Tales (1986) 7 exemplares
World Championship Scrabble (1992) 7 exemplares
Word Box (Puffin Books) (1988) 6 exemplares
The Complete Home Entertainer (1981) 6 exemplares
Superheroes (Knight Books) (1984) 6 exemplares
Teddy Bear Craft Book (1993) 6 exemplares
The Law Is an Ass (1984) 6 exemplares
The dictionary of insults (1995) 6 exemplares
Untitled biography (2014) 5 exemplares
A-Joke-A-Day Book (1979) 5 exemplares
Winner's Guide to Games, The (1992) 5 exemplares
The Slippers That Talked (1992) 5 exemplares
It's a Joke (1989) 5 exemplares
Pantomime (Discovering) (1973) 5 exemplares
Big Book of Puzzles and Games (1989) 5 exemplares
The Hamlyn Family Games Book (1978) 5 exemplares
The Daft Dictionary (1978) 5 exemplares
Pears Book of Words (1979) 5 exemplares
The Hiccups at No.13 (1988) 5 exemplares
Amazing Facts About Prehistoric Animals (1986) — Autor — 5 exemplares
Hocus Pocus (Beaver Books) (1983) 5 exemplares
The Complete Puzzler (1982) 5 exemplares
This Is Your Body (1979) 5 exemplares
Juegos de Casino (1981) 5 exemplares
Big Book Of Ghastly Rhymes (1986) 4 exemplares
The Book of Excuses (1984) 4 exemplares
Party Games (Knight Books) (1974) 4 exemplares
Brain Power (Knight Books) (1980) 4 exemplares
Favorite Indoor Games 4 exemplares
Brain Teasers and Mind Benders (1979) 4 exemplares
THE PUZZLE OMNIBUS. (1990) 4 exemplares
Around the World Quiz Book (1991) 3 exemplares
My Record Book (1988) 3 exemplares
If I Ruled the World (1988) 3 exemplares
Even Greater Sexual Disasters (1987) 3 exemplares
Complete Husband (1978) 3 exemplares
Emergency joke kit (1987) 3 exemplares
The Great Games Gazette (1978) 3 exemplares
DOMINO GAMES AND PUZZLES. (1975) 3 exemplares
Me! (1979) 3 exemplares
Jack Mouse and the scarecrow (1999) 3 exemplares
The amazing fun & games book (1991) 3 exemplares
The Magic of Houdini (1978) 3 exemplares
The Family Games Book (1995) 2 exemplares
Knitability (1987) 2 exemplares
Matt Mouse and the big surprise (2000) 2 exemplares
Pears Family Quiz Book (1977) 2 exemplares
Knock Knock Joke Book Pb (1998) 2 exemplares
My Diary (1987) 2 exemplares
Fascinating Facts (1980) 2 exemplares
Do-it-Yourself Genius Book:3 (1988) 2 exemplares
Shazzam! Magic Show (1978) 2 exemplares
Big Book of Mind-stretchers (1986) 2 exemplares
4,000 Amazing Trivial Facts (1990) 2 exemplares
Madcap Bumper Book of Magic (1997) 2 exemplares
Crazy Encyclopedia (1995) 2 exemplares
The Amazing Book Of Mazes (1995) 2 exemplares
The Slippers That Answered Back (1999) 2 exemplares
What Nonsense! (1978) 2 exemplares
Wideawake Club: Jokes (1986) 2 exemplares
1000 Blunders (Carousel Books) (1983) 2 exemplares
Frankenstein's Monster Fun Book (1983) 2 exemplares
How to be Funny (1981) 2 exemplares
Seeing is not believing (1980) 2 exemplares
The Great Big Funny Book (1978) 2 exemplares
Total nonsense Z to A (1981) 1 exemplar
A Game A Day Book 1 exemplar
The card player's omnibus (1986) 1 exemplar
Cinderella, (1971) 1 exemplar
Spy School (Beaver Books) (1981) 1 exemplar
1000 Horrors (1983) 1 exemplar
Brandreths bedroom book (1973) 1 exemplar
Play it Alone (Beaver Bks.) (1980) 1 exemplar
Teddy Bear Joke Book (1990) 1 exemplar
Joke-a-thon (Puffin Jokes) (1993) 1 exemplar
Shazzam! 1 exemplar
All Year Round Quiz Book (1995) 1 exemplar
Here Comes Golly (1979) 1 exemplar
Adventures of Bruno Bruin (1998) 1 exemplar
Speckled Band (1991) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (2000) — Contribuidor, algumas edições554 exemplares
Complete Acid Drops (1999) — Prefácio — 43 exemplares
I.D. / Urgent Calls (2007) — Narrador — 35 exemplares
Lewis Carroll's Bedside Book (1979) — Editor — 28 exemplares
The Sherlock Holmes Miscellany (2012) — Prefácio, algumas edições26 exemplares
The Thomas the Tank Engine Man: A Biography (2015) — Prefácio — 24 exemplares
It's Not What You Know: Series 5 — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar

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Conhecimento Comum

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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
 
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cspiwak | Mar 6, 2024 |
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
 
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cspiwak | 9 outras críticas | Mar 6, 2024 |
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
 
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cspiwak | 9 outras críticas | Mar 6, 2024 |
The Wilde quotes sprinkled throughout are always entertaining.
The mystery was, as usual, somewhat secondary to the pleasure of
Oscar's company, but adequate.
 
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cspiwak | 12 outras críticas | Mar 6, 2024 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
270
Also by
8
Membros
4,819
Popularidade
#5,212
Avaliação
½ 3.6
Críticas
133
ISBN
551
Línguas
10
Marcado como favorito
3

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