Lost Love celebrates our most fundamental emotion with a look back at the romantic ideas and pursuits of times past.
Beautifully designed and illustrated, this enchantingly nostalgic book explores the world of love, with entries addressing, for example, famous lovers, love tokens, serenading, courtly love, Victorian love, and love in Roman times. These are complemented by poems, extracts from novels, entertaining anecdotes and fascinating customs, past and present, from around the world.
Language
English
Pages
208
Format
Hardcover
Release
January 17, 2011
ISBN 13
9780550106391
Lost Love: A Celebration of Romance from Times Past
Lost Love celebrates our most fundamental emotion with a look back at the romantic ideas and pursuits of times past.
Beautifully designed and illustrated, this enchantingly nostalgic book explores the world of love, with entries addressing, for example, famous lovers, love tokens, serenading, courtly love, Victorian love, and love in Roman times. These are complemented by poems, extracts from novels, entertaining anecdotes and fascinating customs, past and present, from around the world.