Love Letters of Great Men

For some of these great men, love is a delicious poison (William Congreve); for others, love can scorch like the heat of the sun (Henry VIII), or penetrate the depths of ones 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. Taken together, these Love Letters of Great Men show that perhaps men havent changed so very much over the last 2,000 years; passion, jealousy, hope and longing are all represented described here as is the simple pleasure of sending a letter to, and receiving one from, the person you love most.