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4368843Casanovas Life and Timeshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/casanovas-life-and-times-9781399052078/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4095855/image.jpg?v=638443251120070000276384MXNPen and SwordInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>This is both the life of Giacomo Casanova and a chronicle of eighteenth-century Europe.</strong></p><p>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 centurys 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 <em>History of My Life</em>. 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 <em>Casanovas Life and Times</em>.</p>...4551030Casanovas Life and Times276384https://www.gandhi.com.mx/casanovas-life-and-times-9781399052078/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4095855/image.jpg?v=638443251120070000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249781399052078_W3siaWQiOiIyODIwZDliNy0xYjExLTQzM2QtOTI0YS05YjgwZDY2ZmQ2MjEiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM4NCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjEwOCwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjoyNzYsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI0LTA1LTE3VDA2OjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9781399052078_<p><strong>This is both the life of Giacomo Casanova and a chronicle of eighteenth-century Europe.</strong></p><p>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 centurys 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 <em>History of My Life</em>. 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 <em>Casanovas Life and Times</em>.</p>...9781399052078_Pen and Swordlibro_electonico_9781399052078_9781399052078David JohnInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/casematepublishers-epub-e6a22936-eb0e-447d-96e1-848f715a601c.epub2024-01-30T00:00:00+00:00Pen and Sword