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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 -
Casanova’s places
- January 19, 2019
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To help to get a better idea of where Casanova was born and brought up, Venice’s Casanova Museum has put together a collection of images and descriptions of places in Venice frequented by Casanova or linked to him in some way - here ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’ is freely available here. -
The inoculation debate in 18th-century France
- January 12, 2019
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Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images Casanova’s autobiography frequently refers to smallpox and its effects, such as in the case of ‘fair Anglade’: [she] accepted a very advantageous proposal which was made her by Count Brawn. This charming Frenchwoman died of the small-pox a few months later, and there can be no doubt that -
Strip the City – Venice
- January 5, 2019
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- Category: Venice and Paris
Just a 2-minute extract but a great little animation that shows what lies under the surface of Venice – here. There’s another interesting little titbit here. Just a 2-minute extract but a great little animation that shows what lies under the surface of Venice – here. #venice #eighteenthcentury #history
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