By Giacomo Casanova
ISBN-10: 1935554492
ISBN-13: 9781935554493
During this autobiographical story, a tender dandy is pressured to escape his homeland after falling afoul of the specialists. yet sheltering within the royal court docket he unearths treachery and insult and is ultimately situated right into a meaningless disagreement over a lady he cares not anything approximately. instructed with debonair wit and a cruel angle towards excessive society, the story turns into a stressful event that ends up in a shocking outcome.
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Included are excerpts from paintings through Havelock Ellis - W.E. Garrett Fisher - Richard von Kraft Ebbing - Arthur Schnitzler - Arthur Symonds - Mark Twain - And the whole model of Casanova's duel as written in his own memoirs.
Full-color paintings through Francesco Casanova - Anton Raphael Mengs - Jean-Marc Nattier - Johann Berka - an 1841 map of Weehawken - "An Air Balloon Engagement" via J. Barrow - and pics of the 10 most threatening duelists.
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