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Informationen zum Autor Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) was born in Venice. Seducer! gambler! necromancer! Good Samaritan! spy! swashbuckler! self-made gentleman! entrpeneur! wit! poet! translator! philosopher and general bon vivant! he was not only the most notorious lover the Western world has ever known! but a story teller of the first order. Klappentext Love can be surprising. Love can be heartbreaking. Love can be an art. But love is the singular emotion that all humans rely on most . . . and crave endlessly! no matter what the cost. United by this theme of love! the nine titles in the Penguin Great Loves collection include tales of blissful and all- encompassing! doomed and tragic! erotic and absurd! seductive and adulterous! innocent and murderous love. A deeply moving addition to the Penguin Great Ideas and Great Journeys series! each gorgeously packaged book will challenge all expectations of love while celebrating the beauty of its existence. All books in this series: "Cures for LoveDoomed LoveThe Eaten HeartFirst LoveForbidden FruitThe Kreutzer SonataA Mere InterludeOf Mistresses! Tigresses and Other ConquestsThe Seducer's Diary"
