If you're looking for a departure from the usual biographies of historical figures, this book offers a peek into a world, into the lives, of men not seen before.
The book is a compilation of love letters that these men wrote to their lovers or to women they hoped would become lovers.
These letters will take you back in time and history, but not in the usual way. You feel like you are there, spying on a famous man's private experiences. Count Gabriel writes to his Sophie, "Twenty times a day I ask myself where you are..." And Oscar Wilde to his beloved Constance, "I feel your fingers in my hair and your cheek brushing mine. The air is full of the music of your voice; my soul and body seem no longer mine - but mingles in some exquisite ecstasy with yours."