Letter, Diaries

‘Wodehouse said letters make "a wonderful oblique form for an autobiography, " and Sophie Ratcliffe’s expertly edited collection amply proves the point.’Spectator One of the funniest and …

‘As a mayor, I am responsible for the upkeep of rural roads; as poet, I prefer to see them neglected.’Jules Renard was a French literary figure of the late nineteenth century. Not a Parisian but a …

A collection of remarkable and completely made-up correspondence from the great and the good across history.Many books have collated the exceptional letters and personal writing of the famous, …

“A valuable account of what one significant and perceptive Frenchman experienced during the protracted disgrace of France as a vassal state of Nazi Germany.” —Publishers Weekly …

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