Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience

By: Shaun Usher

Narrated by: Alan Cumming, Juliet Stevenson, Kerry Shale, Stephen Fry, Shaun Usher, Louise Brealey, Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Toby Jones, Gillian Anderson, Mark Strong, Noma Dumezweni, Crystal Clarke

An updated edition of this compulsive collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring, and powerful letters, curated by the founder of the global phenomenon: Letters of Note.

Letters of Note, the book based on the beloved website of the same name, became an instant classic on publication in 2013, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. This new edition sees the collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring, and unusual letters updated with 14 riveting new missives and a new introduction from curator Shaun Usher.   

From Virginia Woolf's heartbreaking suicide letter, to Queen Elizabeth II's recipe for drop scones sent to President Eisenhower; from the first recorded use of the expression "OMG" in a letter to Winston Churchill, to Gandhi's appeal for calm to Hitler; and from Iggy Pop's beautiful letter of advice to a troubled young fan, to Leonardo da Vinci's remarkable job application letter, Letters of Note is a celebration of the power of written correspondence which captures the humor, seriousness, sadness, and brilliance that make up all of our lives.

©2021 Shaun Usher (P)2021 Recorded Books, Inc.

Great

This book contains letters that are funny, moving, important, sad, and sweet. What a great collection.

Each letter is a little treat

I really wanted 5 or 6 or 7 more complete volumes like this, where the letters are not organied by type but each stands on its own as a delightful or sad or thought-provoking work. So good.