LOVE LETTERS OF GREAT MEN (COLLECTORS LIBRARY) (HB)

From the private papers of Mark Twain and Mozart to those of Robert Browning and Nelson, this book collects 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, and books and 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.