Description
| Product ID: | 9780140439151 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Story of My Life |
| Authors: | Author: Giacomo Casanova, Stephen Sartarelli, Sophie Hawkes, Gilberto Pizzamiglio |
| Page Count: | 576 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: historical, political and military, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Biography and non-fiction prose, Prose: non-fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Seducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, swashbuckler, poet, self-made gentleman, bon vivant, Giacomo Casanova was a notorious lover of the Western world. This title contains the highlights of Casanova's life: his youth in Venice as a precocious ecclesiastic; his dabbling in the occult; his imprisonment and escape; and his amorous conquests. Seducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, swashbuckler, poet, self-made gentleman, bon vivant, Giacomo Casanova was not only the most notorious lover of the Western world, but a supreme story teller. He lived a life stranger than most fictions, and the tale of his own adventures is his most compelling story, and one that remained unfinished at the time of his death. This new selection contains all the highlights of Casanova''s life: his youth in Venice as a precocious ecclesiastic; his dabbling in the occult; his imprisonment and thrilling escape; and his amorous conquests, ranging from noblewomen to nuns. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2002-02-07 |
