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Adventurer: The Life and Times of Giacomo Casanova

byLeo Damrosch

The life of the iconic libertine Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798) has never been told in the depth it deserves. Adventurer combines biographical detail, personal testimony, and historical context, allowing the evidence to complicate easy judgments and familiar explanations. Seen through the lens of biography & autobiography and history, Adventurer explains not only what happened, but why competing interpretations still matter. By the end, the life and times of giacomo casanova emerges as a layered story of competing motives, unintended results, and choices made under pressure.

Publisher

Yale University Press

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780300248289