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Lost Love: A Celebration of Romance from Times Past

by Paul Jenner

ISBN13: 9780550106391
ISBN10: 0550106391
Condition: Standard
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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.

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Paul Jenner is a freelance journalist and author of more than twenty books. He has a special interest in love and sex and their connection with happiness, health, and the course of human history.

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ISBN:: 9780550106391
Subtitle:: A Celebration of Romance from Times Past
Author:: Jenner, Paul
Author:: Editors of Chambers
Publisher:: Chambers
Subject:: General
Subject:: General Reference
Subject:: Self-Help/Relationships
Edition Description:: Trade Cloth
Publication Date:: 20110214
Binding:: Hardback
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Full Color throughout
Pages:: 208
Dimensions:: 7.13 x 7.13 in

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