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  • Losing Henriette

    • June 25, 2022
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    The last of four blogs on Casanova's greatest love. One day as we were driving outside the Gate of Colorno, we met the duke and duchess who were returning to Parma. Immediately after their carriage another vehicle drove along, in which was Dubois with a nobleman unknown to us. Our carriage had only gone a
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  • Marquise d’ Urfé

    • June 2, 2022
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    The Marquise d’Urfé is based upon a real historical figure who we have dramatically reimagined.  D’Urfé was the richest woman in France by dint of her marriage to an immensely rich nobleman who died when she was only 29 (there were, of course, the inevitable rumours that she’d bumped him off).  She was a highly
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  • Bliss with Henriette

    • May 21, 2022
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    The third of four blogs on Casanova's greatest love. In a skilfully constructed narrative, Casanova records the three months they spent together in Parma.  The story he depicts is of two soulmates whose sublime love was doomed by destiny and the harsh realities of life (although it’s questionable whether Henriette saw the relationship in quite
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