The Sealed Letter
About the book:
The Sealed Letter Book
Author: Emma Donoghue
Publisher: Mariner Books; Reprint edition
Publish date: (September 24, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0547247761
ISBN-13: 978-0547247762
Pages: 416 eBook pages can be different
Language: English
Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Domestic Fiction
Review
Miss Emily “Fido” Faithfull is a “woman of business” and a spinster pioneer in the British women’s movement, independent of mind but naively trusting of heart. Distracted from her cause by the sudden return of a once-dear friend, the unhappily wed Helen Codrington, Fido is swept up in the intimate details of Helen’s failing marriage and obsessive affair with a young army officer. What begins as a loyal effort to help a friend explodes into an intriguing courtroom drama complete with accusations of adultery, counterclaims of rape, and a mysterious letter that could destroy more than one life.
Based on a scandalous divorce case that gripped England in 1864, The Sealed Letter is a riveting, provocative drama of friends, lovers, and divorce, Victorian-style.
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