{"product_id":"9781429920087","title":"Love Letters of Great Men","description":"\u003cp\u003eRemember the wonderfully romantic book of love letters that Carrie reads aloud to Big in the recent blockbuster film, \u003ci\u003eSex and the City\u003c\/i\u003e?  Fans raced to buy copies of their own, only to find out that the  beautiful book didn't actually exist. However, since all of the letters  referenced in the film did exist, we decided to publish this gorgeous  keepsake ourselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove Letters of Great Men\u003c\/i\u003e follows  hot on the heels of the film and collects together some of history's  most romantic letters from the private papers of Beethoven, Mark Twain,  Mozart, and Lord Byron. For some of these great men, love is \"a  delicious poison\" (William Congreve); for others, \"a nice soft wife on a  sofa with good fire,\u0026amp;books\u0026amp;music\" (Charles Darwin). Love  can scorch like the heat of the sun (Henry VIII), or penetrate the  depths of one's heart like a cooling rain (Flaubert). Every shade of  love is here, from the exquisite eloquence of Oscar Wilde and the simple  devotion of Robert Browning, to the wonderfully modern misery of the  Roman Pliny the Younger, losing himself in work to forget how much he  misses his beloved wife, Calpurnia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaken together, these  letters show that perhaps men haven't changed all that much over the  last 2,000 years--passion, jealousy, hope and longing still rule their  hearts and minds. In an age of e-mail and texted \"i luv u\"s, this  timeless and unique collection reminds us that nothing can compare to  the simple joy of sitting down to read a letter from the one you love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127399694576,"sku":"9781429920087","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429920087_p0.jpg?v=1769901697","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429920087","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}