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Casanova by Derek Parker (2003, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHi-Story Press The Limited, T.H.E.

ISBN-100750931825

ISBN-139780750931823

eBay Product ID (ePID)2357195

Product Key Features

Book TitleCasanova

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2003

TopicEurope / Italy, Europe / General, Historical

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorDerek Parker

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight8.8 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal940.2/53/092

SynopsisFor more than 200 years, Giacomo Casanova has been infamous as the archetypal elegant libertine. He gained considerable fortune by living on just his wits, luck and charm, but this same decadent lifestyle almost left him destitute. Uncontrollably ruled by an insatiable desire for sex, he attracted women with his seductive charm and endless generosity, and was irresistible as a lover. He believed himself to be in love with many of the beautiful women he pursued, and unusually for his time, he often treated them as equals and remained dear friends with them long after the affairs ended. For this account of Casanova's life, Derek Parker has studied Casanova's memoirs along with other sources on his life and 18th-century European society. He reveals the true motivations and complex nature of an extraordinarily adventurous man, a legend in both his own time and ours.

LC Classification NumberD285.8.C4P37 2003