"Pursued by a pugilist of unsound mind" -- In durance vile : Pentonville -- Haldane and Morrison vs. the home secretary -- The battle of reading gaol -- "Passing from one prison into another" -- The vexatious domestic saga -- The great syphilis debate -- The precipitous road to homosexual law reform -- Gay superstar but not martyr -- Oscar as others saw him -- Relationships with family and friends -- Histrionic personality disorder -- The last words.