Love Letters of Great Men & Women [Illustrated edition] From The Eighteenth Century To The Present Day Paperback – 1 January 2010

Lovely book

This wonderful book has become one of my favorites! There is something that I love more than love stories, if you can believe it, and that is love letters! I have always hoped to receive a long,true heartfelt, love letter from a man, but I never did! There is another book that I recommend also, and that is 98 LOVE LETTERS THAT WILL BRING YOU TO YOUR KNEES, these books are very similar! I liked both of these books very much! But I do remember getting a love note one time, when I went to get my car fixed, one of the mechanic's sent me a small torned piece of paper that said "I think that you are beautiful!" I was so shocked and surprised, and flattered, I did not think nobody was even noticing me like that, but I was so shy, and I did not know how to flirt back, all I knowed to do was smile back at him and say thank you, because my shyness was kicking in big time, and I have never learned the art of flirting, some woman are natural born flirts ,they are so good at it and well, all I know how to do, is to be, just me.But I highly recommend this book! This book contains a awesome collection of love letters ,from famous & non-famous people of long ago, it tells you who they are, and to whom they are writing to, and what year! These letters are in their original format, with their own unique version of the English language! These letters are so heartfelt and wonderful, because these people where so in love!I have never known men like the ones that write these letters, these letters they are so profound, and romantic, and I love all these beautiful names, that the men called their ladies that they loved so much; names like MY BELOVED, MY IMMORTAL BELOVED, MY DARLING, MY LOVE, MY ANGEL, MY BELOVED ANGEL, MY DEAREST, and so on, etc! WOW my heart would melt, if a man called me all those beautiful names, and if he would really mean it! I hope one day to be somebodys BELOVED, or somebody's BELOVED ANGEL! I love that word "beloved"! But this special book has love letters from:LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENWINSTON CHURCHILLLORD BYRONF. SCOTT FITZGERALDJOHN KEATSNAPOLEON BONAPARTEVICTOR HUGOand so many more! These people come alive, as you read their letters! You will love this book, and will read it more than once!

Service was good but the title of the book is misleading. No letters beyond early 20th C so much of it is quite dry.

This is not Tom Hanks emailing Meg Ryan about "taking her enemies to the mattress" although that was romantic. These letters are passionate keepsakes for all generations. It is a highly detailed but and some letters are more interesting than others but few beat Napoleon's burning passion for the coquettish Josephine. These days the email can say very much butthe handwritten adoration is difficult to top as a keepsake.

Fast shipping but book was not much of a good read