The Duel (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781847497659)

The notorious adventurer and seducer Giacomo Casanova tells of his travels - on the run from the authorities of his native Venice - around northern Europe, poking fun at the ruling classes he encounters there, before focusing on a pivotal incident that occurs in Warsaw. Insulted by a Polish count over an Italian ballerina, Casanova finds himself forced to challenge his rival to a duel, and the sequence of events and their aftermath are described with gusto by the narrator.

A rollicking autobiographical account by one of the most iconic figures of eighteenth-century Europe, The Duel is presented here with an extract about the same event from Casanova's memoirs, written fifteen years later.

Author: Casanova
ISBN-10: 1847497659
ISBN-13: 9781847497659
Publisher: Alma Books
Language: English
Published: 04/27/2021
Pages: 114
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.50d