Jump to ratings and reviews
Rate this book
Rate this book
Letters, postcards, notes and telegraphs from the great and the good, the notorious and the downright wicked, shine a spotlight on a range of historical events and movements providing an immediate link to the immediate and much more distant past. 

This audiobook includes letters from: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mikhail Gorbachev, Lucien Freud, Barbara Hepworth, Nelson Mandela, Caitlin Thomas, Mary Whitehouse, Gandhi, George Washington among many others. 

Subjects covered include suffragette disturbances, obscene publications, relations between international leaders, child emigration including the Kindertransport. 

The audiobook features 55 letters, each with a 600-word essay, and a 3000 word introduction.

MP3 CD

First published September 6, 2018

2 people are currently reading
27 people want to read

About the author

National Archives

127 books1 follower

Ratings & Reviews

What do you think?
Rate this book

Friends & Following

Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!

Community Reviews

5 stars
5 (41%)
4 stars
2 (16%)
3 stars
2 (16%)
2 stars
2 (16%)
1 star
1 (8%)
No one has reviewed this book yet.

Can't find what you're looking for?

Get help and learn more about the design.