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  • Creating Casanova’s oracle

    • January 15, 2022
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    In his memoirs Casanova frequently refers to his and other people’s ‘genius’.  Sometimes this genius is evil, sometimes it’s benevolent.  However, for Casanova the term ‘genius’ doesn’t simply mean a person’s cleverness (although he does use it to mean that on occasion) but rather it has the quality of an oracle which enables some sort
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  • Casanova and Catinella

    • January 1, 2022
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      A wonderful example of Casanova’s love of intrigue and his skill at improvisation, especially if it involved a pretty woman, occurred when he was travelling to meet up with Antonio Baletti, a friend who was going to accompany him to Paris.  On his way to Reggio Emilia, where he was to meet up with
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  • Spying under Louis XV

    • December 26, 2021
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    An extract from Dave’s article ‘Spies’. “In addition to the heads of le Secret du Roi, there were a number of other very notable characters.  There was Comte de Saint-Germain, for example, described by Casanova, in a classic pot-calling-the-kettle-black moment, as ‘the king of imposters’.  Saint-Germain was an extraordinary, multi-talented, adventurer who claimed, amongst other things,
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