A Treasury of the World's Great Letters from Ancient Days to Our Own Time: Containing the Characteristic and Crucial Communications, and Intimate Exchanges and Cycles of Correspondence, of Many of the Outstanding Figures of World History, and Some Notable ContemporariesMax Lincoln Schuster Simon and Schuster, 1940 - 563 pages Containing the characteristic and crucial communications, and intimate exchanges and cycles of correspondence, of many of the outstanding figures of world history, and some notable contemporaries, selected, edited, and integrated with biographical backgrounds and historical settings and consequences. |
Contents
LOVE LETTERS | xxxii |
INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR | xxxv |
ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND KING DARIUS III | 3 |
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