Interesting and disturbing slice of Victorian history and life about how a married woman's diary recording a possible love affair with a married man not her husband got her on trail for adultery. The author tells the story in compelling fashion. Women can only let out a huge sigh of relief that...
Like KS’s previous book The Suspicions of Mr Whicher - similarly memorable - this one shapes an entirely factual story so skillfully that it acquires most of the qualities of literary fiction. It’s a meticulous, compelling account of a sensational mid-19th century divorce case in England and the ...