Longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012.
From the bestselling author of Room comes a delicious tale of secrets, betrayal and forbidden love. Based on blow-by-blow newspaper reports of the 1864 Codrington Divorce, The Sealed Letter, full of sparkling characters and wicked dialogue, is a thought-provoking mystery and gripping drama of friends, lovers and marriage.
After a separation of many years, Emily 'Fido' Faithfull bumps into her old friend Helen Codrington on the streets of Victorian London. Much has changed: Helen is more and more unhappy in her marriage to the older Vice-Admiral Codrington, while Fido has become a successful woman of business and a pioneer in the British Women's Movement. But, for all her independence of mind, Fido is too trusting of her once-dear companion and finds herself drawn into aiding Helen's obsessive affair with a young army officer.
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After a separation of many years, Emily 'Fido' Faithfull bumps into her old friend Helen Codrington on the streets of Victorian London. Much has changed: Helen is more and more unhappy in her marriage to the older Vice-Admiral Codrington, while Fido has become a successful woman of business and a pioneer in the British Women's Movement.
The Sealed Letter features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Book Club Recommendations, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations, Romance / Relationship Stories
Paperback, Hardback. £15.29, down from the £16.99 cover price. Print on Demand / Special Order.
The Sealed Letter was written by Emma Donoghue and published by Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan
The Sealed Letter has 475 pages
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