History of My Life

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 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.

Summary

Though beginning to age, and ruing it, Casanova still manages to exert a powerful attraction on women.

Product details

• Authors: Giacomo Casanova, Giacomo Chevalier De Seingalt Casanova
• Assisted by: Willard Trask (Translation), Willard R. Trask (Translation)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.07.1997
• EAN: 9780801856662
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-5666-2
• No. of pages: 856
• Series: History of My Life; History of My Life
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Europa, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Biography / Autobiography