"Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern" by Edgar Saltus Edgar Evertson Saltus was an American writer known for his highly refined prose style. In this book, he turns his talents toward the topic of love. The Babylonians, Soloman Sappho, the Romans, Antony and Cleopatra, Bluebeard, the renaissance, and more are discussed in eloquent and intriguing detail as he looks at love through the ages.
