The biographies of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore, contain little information about his second wife, Sophia Raffles.
This book will redress the balance by showing her for what she was, a gentle, feminine woman whose strong and inflexible character enabled her to face with fortitude many tragedies in her life.
Lady Raffles was born in Millman Street, London, on 5 May 1786, the second child of James Watson Hull and his wife, Sophia (née Hollamby), after whom she was named.
En 1941, cette immense écrivaine, pensant devenir folle, va se jeter dans une rivière les poches pleine de pierres. Avant de mourir, elle écrit à son mari une lettre où elle dit prendre la meilleure décision qui soit.