History of My Life, Vols. 5 & 6 - Softcover

Casanova, Giacomo Chevalier De Seingalt Chevalier

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801856647 ISBN 13: 9780801856648

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997

Synopsis

In volumes 5 and 6, Casanova brings his flight from the Inquisitor's prison in Venice to a happy conclusion. Exiled from Venice, he goes to Munich and Paris, where he establishes himself as a cabalist, makes a fortune in Holland, helps start the French State Lottery, goes on to Switzerland where he meets Voltaire.

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: 0801856647
• ISBN 13: 9780801856648
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 690