From the private papers of Anne Boleyn and Jane Austen to those of Elizabeth Barrett-Browning and Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Love Letters of Great Women collects together some of the most romantic letters in history.
As a companion to Love Letters of Great Men, this anthology gives the other side of the story: the secret hopes and lives of some of the greatest women in history, from writers and artists to politicians and queens.
Includes letters by: Anne Boleyn * Madame du Barry (mistress of Louis XV) * Edith Wharton * Mary Wordsworth * Nell Gwyn (mistress of Charles II) * Elizabeth Barrett Browning * Queen Victoria * The Empress Josephine * Mary Wollstonecraft * Katherine Mansfield