By the time Dora Damage discovers that her husband Peter has arthritis in his hands, it is too late – their book-binding business is in huge debt and the family is on the brink of entering the poorhouse. A brilliant historical novel set in Victorian London combining a heady mixture of sex, deceit, money and law London, 1859. She resolves to rescue her family at any price and finds herself irrevocably entangled in a web of sex, money, deceit and the law. But Dora proves that she is more than just a housewife and mother. 2008