I wrote this lovely review of this book and then accidentally deleted it. Wonderful. Anyway, it's the story of a dramatic divorce case, and a reluctant witness, Emily Faithfull, a pioneer of the women's movement in Britain, who gets drawn into the disintegration of her friend Helen's marriage. It's based on an actual divorce case from 1864, and much of the book is the very dramatic trial, with accusations aplenty, stained clothing and lurid evidence on the stand. Very enthralling.