History of My Life, Vols. 9 & 10 - Softcover

Casanova, Giacomo Chevalier De Seingalt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801856663 ISBN 13: 9780801856662

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Volumes 9 and 10 contain descriptions of Casanova's first visits to England, Prussia, Russia, and Poland. In all these countries he gained access to the Courts. Frederick the Great of Prussia and Catherine the Great of Russia join the roster of potentates entertained and charmed by the adventurer. Though beginning to age, and ruing it, Casanova still manages to exert a powerful attraction on women.

About this title

Book Description:

The complete memoirs of Casanova―available for the first time in paperback.

About the Author:

Giacomo Casanova was born in Venice in 1725. His parents, both actors, wanted him to become a priest, but their hopes were dashed when, at sixteen, he was expelled from seminary for immoral misconduct. Probably best-known for his reputation as a womanizer, Casanova was in turn a secretary, a soldier in the Venetian army, a preacher, an alchemist, a gambler, a violinist, a lottery director, and a spy. He translated Homer's Iliad into Italian and collaborated with Da Ponte on the libretto for Mozart's Don Giovanni. He retired in 1785 to the castle of a friend―Count Waldstein of Bohemia―in order to write his memoirs.

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0801856663
• ISBN 13: 9780801856662
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 856