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  • Joseph Paris-Duverney

    • July 28, 2018
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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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  • Madame de Pompadour

    • May 2, 2018
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    Perhaps next only to Casanova himself, the most well-known figure in our novel, at least in the popular imagination, is that of Louis XV’s chief mistress, Madame de Pompadour.  We’ve kept her role pretty faithful to what we know about her historically.  She played a major part in the political, cultural and economic life of
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  • Gambling

    • January 27, 2018
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      Casanova had a keen interest in gambling, both as a participant and as a spectator.  It was his insight into the psychology of gambling that enabled him to be one of the key figures in the founding of the 1757 Paris lottery, by far the most successful lottery in the history of Europe up
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