Casanova's Life and Times

Casanova's Life and Times

AngličtinaEbook
David John Thompson, Thompson
Pen and Sword
EAN: 9781399052092
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This is both the life of Giacomo Casanova and a chronicle of eighteenth-century Europe.Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) was born the son of a moderately poor acting family at a time when the stage carried enormous social stigma. Yet in his own lifetime he achieved celebrity across Europe, rubbing shoulders with numerous of the eighteenth century's greatest men and women, from Frederick the Great to Catherine the Great, from Voltaire to Albrecht von Haller, from Pope Benedict XIV to Pope Clement XIII. It was a fame that had little to do with his romantic exploits. This was to come later, following upon the posthumous publication of his magnificent History of My Life. An adventurer and a man of learning, his was an extraordinary life whose story was intertwined with the story of eighteenth-century Europe. To try to understand this fascinating character we need also to try to understand the period in which he lived. This is the aim of Casanova's Life and Times.
EAN 9781399052092
ISBN 1399052098
Typ produktu Ebook
Vydavatel Pen and Sword
Datum vydání 30. ledna 2024
Stránky 256
Jazyk English
Země United States
Autoři David John Thompson, Thompson