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Alphonse Moreau
- December 24, 2022
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No CommentsAlphonse Moreau completes our coterie of bad guys in part 1 who are under the direction of Bechard. He is a minor character who only appears in chapter 8 (‘Threads’) and although, unlike ‘Paul’, we get to know little about him as a person nonetheless he is significant to the novel in several ways. -
The Doge
- November 19, 2022
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The Doge of Venice was the Republic’s chief magistrate and ruler, the elected heir to a long and glorious tradition of rulership that was admired throughout Europe. Until the advent of modern democracies one of the trickiest things to sort out in the governance of any state was organising a replacement ruler without either -
Joseph Paris-Duverney
- October 15, 2022
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Duverney is central to the main plot of part 1 of ‘Casanova in Paris’ and was an actual historical figure. He was a financier under Louis XV and from 1736 to 1758 was the Administrator General of Provisions. He was heavily involved in the founding in 1750 of the École Militaire, an academic college for
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