Casanova's Women

The Great Seducer and the Women He Loved

Judith Summers (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

384 Seiten

2007 | New edition
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-8541-1 (ISBN)

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Venetian adventurer Giacomo Casanova was history's most famous seducer who talked his way into the beds of more than 200 women. Charming, brilliant and devastatingly attractive, this womaniser could also be ruthless, cruel, selfish and dishonest. This book presents the story of the women who established Casanova's extraordinary reputation.

Eighteenth-century Venetian adventurer Giacomo Casanova, history's most famous seducer, talked his way into the beds of more than 200 women. Charming, brilliant and devastatingly attractive, the compulsive womaniser claimed to like and understand his conquests. But he could also be ruthless, cruel, selfish and dishonest. Who were these women who established Casanova's extraordinary reputation? From the two sisters with whom he had his first sexual experience to the libidinous Venetian nun who defied God in order to sleep with him, from the wealthy widow he tricked out of a fortune to the love of his life, the glamorous and daring Henriette, they all have their story to tell.

Judith Summers is the author of four novels and two non-fiction books, The Empress of Pleasure and the prize-winning Soho, A History of London's Most Colourful Neighbourhood. Born and brought up in London, she studied Fine Art in Bristol and Manchester, and trained as a film editor with the BBC. After becoming a tourist guide, she discovered a passion for historical research. She has written widely on London, and lives in north London.

Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Einbandart	Paperback
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
ISBN-10	0-7475-8541-5 / 0747585415
ISBN-13	978-0-7475-8541-1 / 9780747585411
Zustand	Neuware