More Letters of Note

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Lifetimes distilled in eclectic historic missives.

"More Letters of Note" offers you a chance to snoop through history without feeling guilty. Each page turns back time, letting you peer into intimate conversations, confessions, and moments that defined not just the lives of the correspondents but often the course of history itself. It's a treasure trove for the curious and those who appreciate the lost art of letter writing. Whether you're a history buff or just love a good story, these personal glimpses can make the past feel incredibly present and real.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

More Letters of Note

Regular price $23.90
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ISBN: 9781782114543
Authors: Shaun Usher
Publisher: Canongate Unbound
Date of Publication: 2015-10-01
Format: Hardcover
Goodreads rating: 4.23
(rated by 636 readers)

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More Letters of Note is another rich and inspiring collection, which reminds us that much of what matters in our lives finds its way into our letters. These letters deliver the same mix of the heartfelt, the historically significant, the tragic, the comic and the unexpected. Discover Richard Burton's farewell note to Elizabeth Taylor, Helen Keller's letter to The New York Symphony Orchestra about 'hearing' their concert through her fingers, the final missives from a doomed Japan Airlines flight in 1985, and even Albus Dumbledore writing to a reader applying for the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts. Including letters from: Jane Austen, Richard Burton, Helen Keller, Alan Turing, Albus Dumbledore, Eleanor Roosevelt, Henry James, Sylvia Plath, John Lennon, Gerald Durrell, Janis Joplin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Hunter S. Thompson, C. G. Jung, Katherine Mansfield, Marge Simpson, Dorothy Parker, Buckminster Fuller, Beatrix Potter, Che Guevara, Evelyn Waugh and many more
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Lifetimes distilled in eclectic historic missives.

"More Letters of Note" offers you a chance to snoop through history without feeling guilty. Each page turns back time, letting you peer into intimate conversations, confessions, and moments that defined not just the lives of the correspondents but often the course of history itself. It's a treasure trove for the curious and those who appreciate the lost art of letter writing. Whether you're a history buff or just love a good story, these personal glimpses can make the past feel incredibly present and real.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.