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 her 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 a courtroom drama that rivals the Clinton affair --complete with stained clothing 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.
