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Madame de Boufflers
- February 12, 2022
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No CommentsMadame de Boufflers was a real historical figure, a French noblewoman, a contemporary of Casanova, mistress to King Stanislas of Poland and someone who enjoyed a succession of lovers. According to historian Ian Kelly she was one of a number of ladies-in-waiting ‘with some time and much money on their hands’ who had become intrigued -
Bewildering Bellino
- February 5, 2022
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Extract from an article written by Dave on one of Casanova’s first great loves. “Casanova came across Bellino at an inn in Ancona on 25th February, 1744 along with his mother, a brother (Petronio, ‘the first female dancer at the opera’, i.e., a female impersonator) and two sisters, Marina and Cecilia. The family were performers -
‘Broken on the wheel’
- January 29, 2022
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Of the complaints against the Ancien Regime from those in the vanguard of the Enlightenment, very high on the list was the cruel and arbitrary nature of the legal system. In his memoirs, Casanova describes the notorious execution of Robert Damiens as an ‘offence to our common humanity’. A case that in some ways
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