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In her diary Isabella and Edward's time together is recounted in more passionate detail. What to believe? Read by Emma Fielding.

"The judges were presented with a singular case on Monday 14 June, a month after they had heard their first divorce suit. Henry Oliver Robinson, a civil engineer, was petitioning for the dissolution of his marriage on the grounds that his wife, Isabella, had committed adultery, and he submitted as evidence a diary in her hand."

These bare facts - the angry husband and the incriminating words - are, in the author's hands, shaped to tell a riveting story, that says much about the individuals involved and the social world they moved in...

Isabella cements her friendship with Edward Lane, but in her dairy their time together is recounted in more passionate detail. What to believe?

Read by Emma Fielding.
Producer Duncan Minshull.

15 minutes

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  • Tue 14 Aug 2012 09:45
  • Wed 15 Aug 2012 00:30
  • Tue 18 Jul 2017 14:45
  • Wed 19 Jul 2017 02:45

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