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Cultural Favourites from the Archives – Letters That Changed The World

Intelligence Squared

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What Happened to the Letters That Were Never Sent?

There's one letter in the book that wasn't sent that is in the book. General Dwight Eisenhower, who was the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of D-Day, wrote two letters. The marriage between Henry F. Navarre and Margot Marguerite - it was supposed to bring peace to France but they had already been married. Catherine D'Amé shut all the gates so that the pope's letter could not be received. And those letters as well, the idea that they're out there, but they never got to where they were supposed to get.

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