Love Letters from Remarkable Women

Inspired by a book read by Carrie Bradshaw in the film Sex and the City, Love Letters from Remarkable Men brought together some of the most romantic pages written by men like Beethoven, Victor Hugo, and Charles Darwin. Now it's the turn of great women to have their love letters revealed. From letters by Anne Boleyn and Emily Dickinson to the personal correspondence of Empress Josephine and Queen Victoria, this collection brings together some of the romantic lines of women who have made history. Some letters are full of longing and passion; others seem strikingly contemporary in their worldview; and others demonstrate how matters of the heart shape the course of a woman's life. This is evidenced by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's anguished cry to her beloved before they eloped in 1712: "It frightens me what we are doing. Are you sure you will love me forever? I fear and I hope." A perfect companion to the bestselling Love Letters of Remarkable Men, this volume, also edited by Ursula Doyle, shows us the other side of the coin: the secret desires of female writers, artists, and princesses. In these writings, love takes many forms: misguided, erotic, torrid, daring—but always love.