false 1503626 4 <DIV><P></P><P></P>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. <P>Based on a scandalous divorce case that gripped England in 1864, <I>The Sealed Letter</I> is a riveting, provocative drama of friends, lovers, and divorce, Victorian style.</P><P></P></DIV> (20081011) 3336245 30 4 2008 The Sealed Letter total:196|5:17|4:66|3:78|2:22|1:13| 196 637 414 74 1503626 1554680360 9781554680368 180 66 3.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1503626.The_Sealed_Letter 2 1 false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 17:32:50 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 16 04:57:48 -0800 2009
This is one of those books that sounds really good...until you read it and then you wonder what on earth are all of these rave reviews for?

Did we read the same book? I don't think so, because the book I read was dull as dull could be. The charac...more...]]> 1503626 1554680360 9781554680368 180 66 3.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1503626.The_Sealed_Letter 4 2 false Mon Sep 08 16:51:28 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 18:05:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1503626 1554680360 9781554680368 180 66 3.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1503626.The_Sealed_Letter 5 1 false Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 01:17:59 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 20:57:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 6715638 0547247761 9780547247762 3 2 3.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6715638-the-sealed-letter 4 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 00:49:35 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 00:50:15 -0700 2009
The blurb on the front cover by the Seattle Times calls it "a deliciously wicked little romp", and I agree with that.

It focuses on the divorce of an English couple in the 1860s, clearly a time in which...more...]]> 3299498 015101549X 9780151015498 5 2 3.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1243431517m/3299498.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3299498.The_Sealed_Letter 4 0 false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 16:38:24 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 16:38:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1503626 1554680360 9781554680368 180 66 3.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1503626.The_Sealed_Letter 3 0 false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 12:52:11 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 12:52:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1503626 1554680360 9781554680368 180 66 3.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1503626.The_Sealed_Letter 3 0 true Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 05:03:31 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 04:55:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1503626 1554680360 9781554680368 180 66 3.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1503626.The_Sealed_Letter 3 1 false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 19:07:41 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 11:08:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1503626 1554680360 9781554680368 180 66 3.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1503626.The_Sealed_Letter 3 0 false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 18:55:30 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 13:11:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1503626 1554680360 9781554680368 180 66 3.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1503626.The_Sealed_Letter 4 0 false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 04 14:58:09 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 15:01:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1503626 1554680360 9781554680368 180 66 3.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1503626.The_Sealed_Letter 3 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 09:06:20 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 17:58:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1503626 1554680360 9781554680368 180 66 3.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1503626.The_Sealed_Letter 3 0 false Sun Sep 06 13:36:21 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 13:44:46 -0700 2009
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