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  • The Grand Tour of Europe

    • December 28, 2019
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    Listen to Professor Kathleen Burk’s highly engaging and informative 1hr 11min lecture on the Grand Tour - here.   ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’ is freely available here. 27 long form articles on Casanova’s life and times are freely available here.   #grandtour #europe #eighteenthcentury #enlightenment
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  • Iceland’s 1783 killer cloud

    • November 23, 2019
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      A short 8-minute BBC Timewatch video that describes one of those fascinating natural events that had major political consequences, possibly even playing a part in the French Revolution – here. You can also find an article by David Bressan on the eruption -  here.   ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’ is
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  • The duel – an extract from Casanova’s memoirs

    • October 26, 2019
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      See previous blog post for more information about Casanova’s duel with Count Branicki – here.   We had driven about half an hour when the carriage stopped at the door of a large garden. We got down and, following the postoli, reached a green arbour which, by the way, was not at all green
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