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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #935 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-31
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 176 pages

Daily Mail
'Inspired by Sex and the City... the most romantic book ever'

Review
`Wonderfully inspiring, entertaining and moving'

Review
`A prettier reprint of the very book that Big wooed Carrie with in Sex and the City'

Customer Reviews

Lovely book
Yes yes yes sum's this book up for me. I love books which give you that "feel good factor" Love and romance turned into beautiful poems. Worth reading and getting that lovely feeling time and time again ladies!!

beautiful
This is a beautiful collection of love poems from Beethoven to Napoleon to name but a few. I saw this featured in Sex and the City and had to read it! I then found out it had been created following the demand after the movie and thankfully it was!
Made me laugh when one 'Great Man' wrote love letters to multiple women but I guess the heart can love more than once!
Get it for a loved one of yourself, truly heartwarming.

a book to keep forever
Such a lovely read, with beautiful love poems that make you think, are there really men out there nowadays who are *that* romantic (goodness i hope so!!!) I did an English Literature Degree and the book took me back to some of the greats... Byron, Pope, Barrett Browning + if you're a Sex And The City fan, it also contains the Ludwig Beethoven poem to his 'Immortal Beloved' that Carrie and Big read in bed! An amazing book and one i will keep forever on my bookcase