![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Quite literally the most enjoyable volume it is possible to imagine. Publisher: Canongate Books ISBN: 9781782119289 Number of pages: 384 Weight: 960 g Dimensions: 230 x 180 x 28 mm Edition: Main MEDIA REVIEWS Now you can read even more of the most famous correspondence in More Letters of Note, a second volume of epistolary delight. It’s enough to make you put pen to paper. 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.įrom 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 no less), 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. ![]()
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