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Casanova : the world of a seductive genius / Laurence Bergreen.
Van Pelt Library D285.8.C4 B47 2016
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bergreen, Laurence, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Casanova, Giacomo, 1725-1798.
- Casanova, Giacomo.
- Adventure and adventurers--Europe--Biography.
- Adventure and adventurers.
- History.
- Europe.
- Europe--History--18th century--Biography.
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary.
- HISTORY / Modern / 18thCentury.
- Local Subjects:
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary.
- HISTORY / Modern / 18thCentury.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 519 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, [2016]
- Summary:
- "The remarkable story of Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), an impoverished abandoned boy who became the notorious libertine, famous writer, and correspondent with figures such as Voltaire, Louis XV, and Catherine the Great in decadent 18th-century Europe."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Book One: Venice
- Zanetta
- Angela
- Bellino
- Zelmi
- Henriette
- Mimi
- Maria Elenora
- Tonina
- I Piombi
- Book Two: Paris and Beyond
- Madame d'Urfé
- Miss Wynne
- The Black-Eyed Nun
- Hedwig and Helena
- Marcolina
- La Charpillon
- Zaïre
- Doña Ignacia
- Nina
- The Minx
- Francesca.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476716497
- 1476716498
- OCLC:
- 944380392
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