- Giacomo Casanova - Wikipedia
Giacomo Girolamo Casanova ( ˌkæsəˈnoʊvə, ˌkæzə - ; [1][2][3] Italian: [ˈdʒaːkomo dʒiˈrɔːlamo kazaˈnɔːva, kasa-]; 2 April 1725 – 4 June 1798) was an Italian adventurer who was born in the Republic of Venice and travelled extensively throughout Europe [4][5] He is chiefly remembered for his autobiography, written in French and published posthumo
- More Than a Womanizer: The History Behind the Real Casanova
Today, Casanova is best known as one of the most famous lovers in history But the Venetian was more than a womanizer He was a scam artist and scofflaw, an alchemist, spy and church cleric He wrote satires, fought duels, and escaped from prison more than once Giacomo Casanova Photo: Wikimedia Commons Casanova was simply fascinating
- Giacomo Casanova | 18th Century Italian Lover Adventurer - Britannica
Giacomo Casanova was an ecclesiastic, writer, soldier, spy, and diplomatist, chiefly remembered as the prince of Italian adventurers and as the man who made the name Casanova synonymous with “libertine ”
- Giacomo Casanova: Master of Seduction or a Misunderstood Intellectual . . .
Casanova was now both impoverished and ill from venereal disease By 1774, after 18 years of exile, Casanova won the right to return to Venice Nine years later, he wrote a vicious satire of the Venetian nobility that had him expelled again
- Casanova (2005) - IMDb
Casanova: Directed by Lasse Hallström With Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt The fabled romantic Giacomo Casanova, after failing to win the affection of the Venetian woman Francesca Bruni, strives to discover the real meaning of love
- Who Was Casanova? - Smithsonian Magazine
In 2011, several of the manuscript’s pages—by turns hilarious, ribald, provocative, boastful, self-mocking, philosophical, tender and occasionally still shocking—were displayed to
- Giacomo Casanova: The True Story Of The Infamous Womanizer - All Thats . . .
Giacomo Casanova was a lover, hero, villain, seducer, rapist, peacock, and libertine He was certainly shaped in many ways by the charms of his watery homeland, but also found his humid home a trifle stifling — particularly from the I Piombi jail, high in the attic of the Doge’s Palace
- Casanova: Venice’s most misunderstood iconic figure
Explore the fascinating and often misunderstood life of Giacomo Casanova, the Venetian figure whose legacy goes beyond romance Discover his contributions as a writer, intellectual, and traveler, and learn why his story is more complex than the myth
- Casanova, Giacomo 1725–1798 - Encyclopedia. com
It is hard to distinguish between the writer Giacomo Casanova, born in Venice in 1725, and the protagonist of his monumental Story of My Life ("neither the story of a famous man nor a novel"), the multi-volume source of his fame as a symbol of unabashed, libertine sexuality; and it is harder still to neglect the countless other books and films t
- Giacomo Casanova: The Legendary Lover‘s Scandalous Life and Enduring . . .
Casanova‘s unabashed descriptions of his sexual exploits and his irreverent critiques of religion and authority led to the book being banned by the Catholic Church and condemned as obscene For over a century, the memoirs were only available in pirated or censored editions
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