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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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  • Escaping the Republic

    • October 16, 2021
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    Refreshed and invigorated by his stay at the home of the police chief who was hunting for him (see ‘Sleeping with the enemy’ blog) and still hardly able to believe he’d managed to get away with it, Casanova pressed on: Although I had not a penny in my pocket (he had given all his money
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  • Gambling

    • October 9, 2021
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      Casanova had a keen interest in gambling, both as a participant and as a spectator.  It was his insight into the psychology of gambling that enabled him to be one of the key figures in the founding of the 1757 Paris lottery, by far the most successful lottery in the history of Europe up
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  • The Venice time machine

    • October 2, 2021
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      To anyone interested in history this is a truly mind-bending project that has to be seen to be believed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQQGgYPRWfs https://www.ted.com/talks/frederic_kaplan_how_i_built_an_information_time_machine https://vtm.epfl.ch/page-109836-en.html 'Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King' is now freely available here. 27 long form articles on Casanova's life and times are freely available here. #venice #history #eighteenthcentury #timemachine
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