Memoirs of Casanova Volume I
In the Republic of Venice, a boy is born who will achieve both fame and infamy, whose life will be a story of fortune and misfortune alike. In the early 18th century, Venice is the capital of European pleasure-seekers, a city known for its limitless offerings to gamblers, revelers, and criminals. For Giacomo Casanova, this environment proves both enticing and formative.
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- ISBN: 978-1-5132-6894-1
- EAN: 9781513268941
- Produktnummer: 36209442
- Verlag: Ingram Publishers Services
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 174 S.
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Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) was an Italian adventurer and author. Born in Venice, Casanova was the eldest of six siblings born to Gaetano Casanova and Zanetta Farussi, an actor and actress. Raised in a city noted for its cosmopolitanism, night life, and glamor, Casanova overcame a sickly childhood to excel in school, entering the University of Padua at the age of 12. After graduating in 1742 with a degree in law, he struggled to balance his work as a lawyer and low-level cleric with a growing gambling addiction. As scandals and a prison sentence threatened to derail his career in the church, Casanova managed to find work as a scribe for a powerful Cardinal in Rome, but was soon dismissed and entered military service for the Republic of Venice. Over the next several years, he left the service, succeeded as a professional gambler, and embarked on a Grand Tour of Europe. Towards the end of his life, Casanova worked on his exhaustive, scandalous memoirs, a 12-volume autobiography reflecting on a legendary life of romance and debauchery that brought him from the heights of aristocratic society to the lows of illness and imprisonment. Recognized for his self-styled sensationalism as much as he is for his detailed chronicling of 18th century European culture, Casanova is a man whose name is now synonymous with the kind of life he led-fast, fearless, and free.
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