URSULA DOYLE

Remember the wonderfully romantic book of love letters that Carrie reads aloud to Big in the recent blockbuster film, Sex and the City? Fans raced to buy copies of their own, only to find out that the beautiful book didn't actually exist. Howe

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. This title 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; and, Katherine Mansfield. The praise for "Love Letters of Great Men" include: 'The most romantic book ever' - "Daily Mail". 'Inspired by the "Sex and the City" movie...Famous men caught with pen in hand and heart in mouth' - "The Times".

From the private papers of Mark Twain and Mozart to those of Robert Browning and Nelson, "Love Letters of Great Men" 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). Every shade of love is here, from the exquisite eloquence of Oscar Wilde and the simple devotion of Robert Browning, to the ...

El libro perfecto para descubrir el lado más humano y poco conocido de personajes célebres.Los grandes hombres también hablan de amor reúne una colección de cartas de amor de treinta y ocho hombres célebres (personajes históricos, escritores y compositores) a diferentes mujeres de las que estuvieron enamorados (amantes, esposas, prometidas, amores imposibles). En todos los casos se trata de entre una y cuatro cartas a una o más destinatarias en las que se muestra el aspecto más desconocido de los autores: inseguridad, celos, ternura, mal carácter, etc. Entre los autores de las misivas cabe destacar: Henry VIII, Wolfang Amadeus Mozart, Denis Diderot, Napoleón Bonaparte, Ludwig van Beethoven, Lord Byron, Honoré Balzac, Victor Hugo, Charles Darwin, Gustave Flaubert y Oscar Wilde.