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Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile

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Sep 2009
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Historical Mystery Hist. Mystery
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365
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Playwright and raconteur Oscar Wilde embarks on another adventure as he sets sail for America in the 1880s on a roller coaster of a lecture tour. But the adventure doesn't truly begin until Oscar boards an ocean liner headed back across the Atlantic and joins a motley crew led by French impresario Edmond La Grange. As Oscar becomes entangled with the La Grange acting dynasty, he suspects that all is not as it seems. What begins with a curious death at sea soon escalates to a series of increasingly macabre tragedies once the troupe arrives in Paris to perform Hamlet. A strange air of indifference surrounds these seemingly random events, inciting Oscar to dig deeper, aided by his friends Robert Sherard and the divine Sarah Bernhardt. What he discovers is a horrifying secret -- one that may bring him closer to his own last chapter than anyone could have imagined.

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First Edition May 2009 John Murray Publishers Ltd ISBN 0719569214
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Sep 2009 Touchstone ISBN 1416534857
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May 2010 Hodder & Stoughton General Division ISBN 0719569907
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Sep 2009 Touchstone ISBN 1439137285
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Aug 2009 Touchstone ISBN B002MB96H8
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Aug 2009 Hodder & Stoughton (UK) ISBN 1848543743
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Sep 2009 Touchstone ISBN 1416987207
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Jul 2012 AudioGO ISBN 0792784456
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Jul 2012 Blackstone Audio, Inc. ISBN B008GIEZ5O
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