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We have teamed up with Pan Macmillan to offer you the chance to win a copy of The Sealed Letter by award-winning writer Emma Donoghue, author of Room.
The Sealed Letter is a story of lust, lies and adultery based on real accounts of a divorce cases that rocked England in the 19th century. It is a fun and humorous book that will appeal to all ages.
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. Then, when the Vice-Admiral seizes the children and sues for divorce, the women’s friendship unravels amid accusations of adultery and counter-accusations of cruelty and attempted rape, as well as a mysterious ‘sealed letter’ that could destroy more than one life…
The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue has been longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012. Now in its 17th year, the Orange Prize for Fiction is the UK’s most prestigious annual book award for fiction by international female writers, celebrating excellence, innovation and accessibility.
Enter to win a copy of The Sealed Letter by telling us in the comments what information you would like to find in a sealed letter!
The Sealed Letter is available to buy now and is published by Pan Macmillan.
https://www.picador.com/Authors/Emma-Donoghue
UK only. Competition closes on Sunday 1st April