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  • ‘The 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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  • Power

    • September 19, 2018
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      One of the key aspects of most narratives is the nature and expression of power.  Characters are enmeshed in a web of social and political forces within which they possess greater or lesser agency.  Where people exist within these power relationships and how they respond to them goes a long way to defining who
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  • Casanova and the affair of Giustiniana Wynne – part 2

    • September 15, 2018
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      The second of four posts on Casanova and the affair of Giustiniana Wynne. Central to the blossoming of the pair’s romance was the wealthy English merchant and voracious collector and dealer Consul Joseph Smith (for several years he had been the agent for Canaletto).  He had been a friend of Sir Richard Wynne, knew
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  • Health in the eighteenth century

    • September 11, 2018
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      Interesting insight into health in the eighteenth century from a paper by Sally Osborn - here   ‘The Prologue’, and chapters 1 to 10 of ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’ are now freely available here. 6 long form articles on Casanova’s life and times are freely available here. #health #europe #eighteenthcentury
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