Book description
From the private papers of Jane Austen and Mozart to those of Anne
Boleyn and Nelson,
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.
Includes letters by:
Anne Boleyn * Beethoven * Edith Wharton * Mark Twain * Mary Wordsworth
* Nell Gwyn (mistress of Charles II) * Elizabeth Barrett Browning * GK
Chesterton * Queen Victoria * Napoleon Bonaparte * The Empress Josephine
* Mary Wollstonecraft * Amadeus Mozart * Katherine Mansfield Ursula
Doyle was born in 1967. She lives in London.
