Love Letters of Great Men

Herausgegeben:Doyle, Ursula

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Your letter gave me more delight than anything in the world

Produktdetails

• Macmillan Collector's Library 178
• Verlag: Macmillan Publishers International
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 81879
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Altersempfehlung: ab 0 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 157mm x 98mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 128g
• ISBN-13: 9781509895304
• ISBN-10: 1509895302
• Artikelnr.: 52424011

Autorenporträt

The most heartfelt romantic letters from: Pliny the Younger, King Henry VIII, William Congreve, Richard Steele, George Farquhar, Alexander Pope, David Hume, Laurence Sterne, Denis Diderot, Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lord Nelson, Robert Burns, Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, Napoleon Bonaparte, Daniel Webster, Ludwig van Beethoven, William Hazlitt, Lord Byron, John Keats, Honoré de Balzac, Victor Hugo, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Benjamin Disraeli, Charles Darwin, Alfred de Musset, Robert Schumann, Robert Browning, Gustave Flaubert, Walter Bagehot, Mark Twain, William F. Testerman, Charles Stewart Parnell, Oscar Wilde, Pierre Curie, G. K. Chesterton, Captain Alfred Bland, Regimental Sergeant-Major James Milne and Second Lieutenant John Lindsay Rapoport.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
i: Introduction Chapter
1: Pliny the Younger to his wife, Calpurnia Chapter
2: King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn Chapter
3: William Congreve to Mrs Arabella Hunt Chapter
4: Richard Steele to Miss Mary Scurlock Chapter
5: George Farquhar to Anne Oldfield Chapter
6: Alexander Pope to Martha Blount Chapter
7: Alexander Pope to Teresa Blount Chapter
8: Alexander Pope to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Chapter
9: David Hume to Madame de Boufflers Chapter
10: Laurence Sterne to Catherine Fourmantel Chapter
11: Laurence Sterne to Lady Percy Chapter
12: Denis Diderot to Sophie Volland Chapter
13: Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland, to Lady Grosvenor Chapter
14: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to his wife, Constanze Chapter
15: Lord Nelson to Lady Emma Hamilton Chapter
16: Robert Burns to Mrs Agnes Maclehose Chapter
17: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller to Charlotte von Lengefeld Chapter
18: Napoleon Bonaparte to his wife, Josephine Chapter
19: Daniel Webster to Josephine Seaton Chapter
20: Ludwig van Beethoven to his 'Immortal Beloved' Chapter
21: William Hazlitt to Sarah Walker Chapter
22: Lord Byron to Lady Caroline Lamb Chapter
23: Lord Byron to the Countess Guiccioli Chapter
24: John Keats to Fanny Brawne Chapter
25: Honorè de Balzac to the Countess Ewelina Hanska Chapter
26: Victor Hugo to Adèle Foucher Chapter
27: Nathaniel Hawthorne to his wife, Sophia Chapter
28: Benjamin Disraeli to Mary Ann Wyndham Lewis Chapter
29: Charles Darwin to Emma Wedgwood Chapter
30: Alfred de Musset to George Sand Chapter
31: Robert Schumann to Clara Wieck Chapter
32: Robert Browning to Elizabeth Barrett Chapter
33: Gustave Flaubert to Louise Colet Chapter
34: Gustave Flaubert to George Sand Chapter
35: Walter Bagehot to Elizabeth Wilson Chapter
36: Mark Twain to Olivia Langdon Chapter
37: William F. Testerman to Miss Jane Davis Chapter
38: Charles Stewart Parnell to Katherine O'Shea Chapter
39: Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas Chapter
40: Pierre Curie to Marie Sklodovska (Marie Curie) Chapter
41: G. K. Chesterton to Frances Blogg Chapter
42: Captain Alfred Bland to his wife, Violet Chapter
43: Regimental Sergeant
Major James Milne to his wife, Meg Chapter
44: Second Lieutenant John Lindsay Rapoport to his fiancée Acknowledgements
ii: Acknowledgements