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Meeting Henriette
- April 11, 2018
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- Category: Casanova
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The first of four blogs on Casanova's greatest love. Casanova found himself particularly attracted to strong and unorthodox women. One such woman was Henriette, a French ‘adventuress’ whom he first encountered dressed as a soldier and who became his greatest love. Their affair was to last three months. He was twenty-three and she was significantly -
Castrati
- April 7, 2018
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- Category: Flashbacks
Casanova had a number of encounters with castrati during his life, most notably Bellino. Amongst castrati, Farinelli was regarded as one of the greatest. Here’s a very readable article about Farinelli and the world of the castrati by Ivan Hewett from ‘The Daily Telegraph’. ‘The Prologue', and chapters 1 to 5 of 'Casanova in Paris: -
‘How does Venice work?’
- April 4, 2018
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- Category: Venice and Paris
A great 18-minute documentary on the evolution of Venice and how the city is maintained - here. ‘The Prologue', and chapters 1 to 5 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. #venice
