History's Greatest Letters - The Complete Collection - From the Ancient World to the Twentieth Century

Of the billions of pieces of correspondence that have been sent through the ages- via messenger, pony express, post office, email and carrier pigeon - many have proved to be either significant, historic, inspiring, fascinating, heartbreaking...or some combination of them all. Collected here is a sampling of these letters; some by famous figures from world history, others from ordinary citizens - soldiers, scientists and creative artists. But each of these pieces of correspondence have stood