Ursula Doyle
Author of Love Letters of Great Men
About the Author
Works by Ursula Doyle
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Gender
- female
Members
Reviews
Awards
You May Also Like
Associated Authors
Statistics
- Works
- 6
- Members
- 365
- Popularity
- #65,883
- Rating
- 3.3
- Reviews
- 7
- ISBNs
- 24
- Languages
- 3
Here's what I recall:
I think I liked how whiney and insecure Napoleon's letter was. It screamed, "You don't love me as much as I love you!"
My favorite was the letter Marie Curie's husband wrote to her before they were married. He was clearly in love with her, but, not wanting to scare her away, he just tried to talk her into not moving away for professional and friendly reasons. Adorable.
I expected to like John Keats' letter the best because I loved the movie Bright Star about his relationship with Fanny Brawne, but the audiobook narrator just didn't have the dreamy qualities of the actor Ben Whishaw.
Maybe the thing that disappointed me most about this collection is that most of the letters were from the 19th century, which, if you ask me, is certainly leaving out a lot potential great men and great love letters. I know that it's probably hard to get the rights to publish private romantic letters written much later than 1900, but maybe add a time span to the title to limit expectations.… (more)