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How to write great love letters

Writers of romance now have have a published treasure trove of contemporaneous letters to draw on for inspiration.

The collection Love Letters: 2000 Years of Romance, is published by the British Library.

Featuring letters drawn from the library's unique collections, the romance spans from 168 BC to the 20th century and offers insight into the intimate thoughts, feelings and desires of iconic individuals like Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde.

Edited by Andrea Clarke, Curator of Early Modern Historical Manuscripts, Love Letters displays and transcribes, in full, 25 letters with commentaries about the correspondents and their circumstances, as well as portraits of the writers and recipients.

It includes letters by Henry VIII, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, Horatio Lord Nelson, Oscar Wilde and Mervyn Peake.

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