Ceremonies of Bravery

Ceremonies of Bravery is a study of the friendship between the prolific writer Oscar Wilde and Carlos Blacker. The two men met in the 1880s, the period when Wilde was judged by many to be ''at his best'', and Blacker went on to become a trustee of Wilde''s marriage settlement. Wilde declared Blacker ''the truest of friends and the most sympathetic of companions'', and diaries and letters show th...