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Product Description
Remember the wonderfully romantic book of letters by Beethoven, Byron and Napoleon that featured in the Sex and the City film? That collection never actually existed, but all of the letters referenced in the film were real; so Macmillan decided to create Love Letters of Great Men...
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 wonderfully modern misery of the Roman Pliny the Younger, losing himself in work to forget how much he misses his beloved wife, Calpurnia.
Taken together, these Love Letters of Great Men show that perhaps men haven t changed so very much 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 copy is now going on a world tour as an international bookray!
The first copy got lost in the mail. Maybe it will surface somewhere someday?
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A HARDBACK COPY, but it's still small, light and should fit through most letterboxes!
144 pages, 20 x 12.8 x 2 cm

Guidelines:

PM me to sign up
You must be willing to mail internationally to join this ray (surface/economy mail more than fine!)
Make a JE upon receiving the book
Please read the book within a month
Contact the next person on the list for their address
Make a JE saying what you thought of the book
Send the book to the next participant

Participants:

OnlyLiana, UK
Laui, The Netherlands
Guinni, The Netherlands
Justmesam, The Netherlands
Supertalya, South Korea
Snufkin81 , South Africa
LadyKnightNiko, USA
Elina, Finland
Astargatis, Finland

Mailed to OnlyLiana today via airmail!

Arrived this morning. I've nearly finished my current book and will start on this next.

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

I really liked this book, I didn't read it cover to cover but instead picked out the letters of people I was interested in and read those ones. Posting on the next participant tomorrow. Enjoy!!!

Picked it up in the mailbox today and skimmed through it.

So far I really enjoyed letters by Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde and Gilbert Chesterton. I find Napoleon's letters a bit weird, very possessive and quite unfriendly. Mozart's are a bit childish, but quite like the way he is portrayed in the movie 'Amadeus'.

I'll pass it on quickly, after I've had a closer look ;)

The closer look did'nt reveal any new interesting love letters. I'll hand the book to Guinni this weekend (I only suppose to see her, otherwise I'll leave it for her to find).

I greatly enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing!

Received today from Laui. It's a pretty busy month, so I won't be reading very quick. But I'll do my best!

I mailed it last week (monday 19th) to justmesam, forgot to journal it here.

It should have arrived already...

Sorry for the delay, thanks for ringing it. I didn't read all letters, due to a lack of time, but the letters I did read were absolutely lovely

I already received it, Guinni.
Sorry for the delay, I have read it and will PM's the next Bookcrosser.

I send the book to SuperTalya today. Sobergirl thanks for sharing!

Supertalya hasnt replyed on my PM's with the question if she received the book...

Supertalya hasnt replyed on my PM's, so I'm gonna buy a new one and let it travel the world!!!

I've ordered a used paperback copy of this book to continue the bookray, more info as soon as the book arrives!

This bookray is now officially over as the book seems to have disappeared.

I have purchased another copy to continue the bookray. Follow it here