The Editor

For readers of The Paris Wife (Paula McLain) and That Churchill Woman (Stephanie Barron) - a historical novel about a woman who has shaped a famous man's legacy, and which asks the reader to question whether that legacy deserves to endure.

London, July 1826: Lady Sophia Raffles is left widowed and in debt after the sudden death of her husband, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, later remembered as the 'founder of Singapore'. Determined to restore his name after he is cleared of the East India Comp...