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  • ‘History of My Life’ by Giacomo Casanova

    • June 19, 2017
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    When we mentioned to people that we were putting together a graphic novel on Casanova there was a certain amount of wink winking and nudge nudging. Casanova the archetypal womaniser is what comes to most people’s minds. And it is true, he was a man who was fascinated by love and love-making. In terms of
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  • Louis XV

    • July 20, 2019
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    One character who is central to the narrative but makes only a fleeting appearance early on in part one of ‘Casanova in Paris’ is Louis XV.  It is the attempted assassination of Louis that does much to set the ball rolling and, later, the attempt to make Gabrielle one of his courtesans which intensifies her
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  • The avenging parrot

    • July 13, 2019
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    A previous blog (here) covered Casanova’s attempt to commit suicide as a consequence of a disastrous relationship he had with Marie Ann Charpillon.  It was a relationship which saw him being dragged before an English court and almost sent to prison.  Before he left London for Calais he took revenge on his conniving tormentor and
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  • Materialism

    • July 6, 2019
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      Central to the radical Enlightenment were the ideas of the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus and his philosophy of atomic materialism which rejected any role for gods in the existence and evolution of the universe.  Melvyn Bragg’s excellent ‘In Our Time’ covers the topic here in a 41-minute podcast.   ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows
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