| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Genres: | Diaries, Letters & Journals, Social & Cultural History Books, Coming Soon |
| Authors: | Ursula Doyle |
| Pages: | 307 pages |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| ISBN10: | 0330515136 |
| ISBN13: | 9780330515139 |
| Tags: | Diaries, Letters & Journals Books, Social & Cultural History Books, Free Books Download, epub Books Download |
| Language: | en |
| Physical Form: | eBook |
| Type: | ePUB |
From the private papers of Mark Twain and Mozart to those of Anne Boleyn and Edith Wharton, 'Love Letters of Great Men and Women' collects together some of the most romantic letters in history.
For some of these great men, love is a 'delicious poison' (William Congreve); for others, 'a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, & books & music' (Charles Darwin). Love can scorch like the heat of the sun (Henry VIII), or penetrate the depths of one's heart like a cooling rain (Flaubert). But what about the other side of the story? What of the secret hopes and lives of some of the greatest women in history?
Taken together, these love letters show that perhaps little has changed over the last 2,000 years. Passion, jealousy, hope and longing are all represented here - as is the simple pleasure of sending a letter to, and receiving one from, the person you love most.