800 Years of Women's Letters

‘No literary form is more revealing, more spontaneous or more individual than a letter.’ – P.D. James

This inspiring and fascinating book is the first truly comprehensive study of women’s letters ever published. Organised by subject matter, and covering a wide range of topics from politics, work and war, to childhood, love and sexual passion, 800 Years of Women’s Letters reveals the depth, breadth and diversity of women’s lives through the ages.

Here Héloïse writes to Abelard of her undying d...