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The Valentine Written From a Tower
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The oldest surviving valentine was written by a prisoner.
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In 1415, a young French duke was captured at the Battle of Agincourt.
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He was held in England for about twenty five years, far from his wife.
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During that time he wrote her poems, and one calls her his very gentle valentine.
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That poem still survives today, in the British Library in London.
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So if you are writing a card this year, remember: someone once did it from a tower.
