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  • 1729 map of Venice

    • May 25, 2019
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      A great downloadable map of Venice from the Library of Congress (shows principal buildings, gardens, foot bridges, etc) - here.  Casanova would have been 4-years-old at the time this map was produced.   ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’ is freely available here. 27 long form articles on Casanova’s life and times are
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  • Historical landscape

    • May 18, 2019
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      One of the advantages of writing historical fiction is that you don’t have to generate a new world from scratch, unlike, say, science fiction or fantasy genre.  You can weave your characters into a ready-made reality and in so doing help to give their psychology and behaviour greater credibility.  While this is in many
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  • Casanova Symposium

    • April 20, 2019
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      For those of you who are fans of both Venice and Casanova why not visit ‘Casanova In Place: A Symposium in Venice’, 28-30 June, 2019.  Details 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.   #venice #mask
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