This book is about the case of Henry and Isabella Robinson. Henry traveled often for work, and Isabella was terribly lonely. She passed her time by writing in a diary, which Henry unfortunately read. Isabella wrote what is tantamount to smut, and Henry strongly believed she was having an affair. Divorce was illegal in England, but Henry was determined to divorce her and took the matter before the courts. The resulting court fiasco was a source of great entertainment for those reading about it in the papers, and a landmark case in the English civil court system.

I absolutely love Kate Summerscale. I have read other work by this author and enjoyed it immensely. I had high hopes for this book, and I was not disappointed. I also got lucky and found this book at my local used book store for the wonderful price of one dollar, so that made this an even better book. If you are interested in Victorian Era true crime cases, I would strongly suggest looking up this author and checking out her books. She does her due diligence and researches through the archives to find out the facts of these cases and what happened to the people involved in the aftermath.