-
sponsorship
Just in time for Valentine's Day: The British Library is exhibiting a long-lost love letter from Henry VIII to his second wife, Anne Boleyn. Henry's no Shakespeare (or Sidney), but he's not too shabby: "For my part, I will out-do you, if this be possible, rather than reciprocate, in loyalty of heart and my desire to please you." Note especially the adorable way the corpulent monarch doodled his beloved's initials in a little heart.
V-Day haters, you can take pleasure in the letter, too—Henry did eventually have Anne beheaded, after all.