Product Information
Letters of Note is a collection of over one hundred of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and unusual letters, based on the seismically popular website of the same name - an online museum of correspondence visited by over 70 million people. From Virginia Woolf's heart-breaking suicide letter, to Queen Elizabeth II's recipe for drop scones sent to President Eisenhower; from the first recorded use of the expression 'OMG' in a letter to Winston Churchill, to Gandhi's appeal for calm to Hitler; and from Iggy Pop's beautiful letter of advice to a troubled young fan, to Leonardo da Vinci's remarkable job application letter, Letters of Note is a celebration of the power of written correspondence which captures the humour, seriousness, sadness and brilliance that make up all of our lives. Including letters from: Zelda Fitzgerald, Iggy Pop, Fidel Castro, Leonardo da Vinci, Bill Hicks, Anais Nin, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Amelia Earhart, Charles Darwin, Roald Dahl, Albert Einstein, Elvis Presley, Dorothy Parker, John F. Kennedy, Groucho Marx, Charles Dickens, Katharine Hepburn, Kurt Vonnegut, Mick Jagger, Steve Martin, Emily Dickinson and many more.Product Identifiers
PublisherCanongate Books LTD
ISBN-101782112235
ISBN-139781782112235
eBay Product ID (ePID)176291616
Product Key Features
Book TitleLetters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterature, Poetry & Criticism, Literary Theory
Publication Year2013
Number of Pages384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height286mm
Item Width207mm
Width211mm
Item Weight1550g
Additional Product Features
Spine34mm
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom