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Winging it
- September 16, 2023
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Arriving in Paris penniless but with connections in high places, Casanova was able very quickly to make himself a fortune. The monarchy was hard up for cash and Casanova claimed to have a plan that could help them out. In reality, he had no such plan at all. Intrigued, one the chief financiers to the -
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 -
Madame de Pompadour
- April 23, 2022
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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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