From the Book - First edition.
If you have been replaced by a surprising choice, read about Nero and Poppaea
If you are accomplished and independent and fierce, read about Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II
If your family didn't like your ex and thought you could do better, read about Lucrezia Borgia and Giovanni Sforza
If you have ever made the same mistake twice, read about Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard
If you have started snickering at happy couples on the street, read about Anna Ivanovna
If you believe in ghosts, read about Timothy Dexter
If you have just sent your ex a very intense emotional e-mail, read about Caroline Lamb and Lord Byron
If there were body image issues, read about John Ruskin and Effie Gray
If it was just a sad affair, read about Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas
If you were dumped, read about Edith Wharton and Morton Fullerton
If you are struggling to find anyone as good as your ex, read about Oskar Kokoschka and Alma Mahler
If you deserve an apology, read about Norman Mailer and Adele Morales Mailer
If you want to believe it will all work out for the best in the end, read about Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher and Elizabeth Taylor..