From the medieval letters of Abelard and Heloise, now together in Père-Lachaise, to Napoleon's burning letters to Joséphine: France is the homeland of the love letter.
From the medieval letters of Abelard and Heloise, now together in Père-Lachaise, to Napoleon's burning letters to Joséphine: France is the homeland of the love letter.
The most famous love letters of the Middle Ages
The philosopher-teacher Abelard and his brilliant student Heloise; their love produced a son and a secret marriage that ended in castration and religious life — and in some of history's most celebrated love letters.
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The burning letters of an emperor
Napoleon's passionate, jealous letters to Joséphine de Beauharnais; he divorced her for lack of an heir, but by tradition her name was on his lips at death.
Read the storySome of the greatest are Abelard & Heloise, Napoleon & Joséphine.