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  In Lucia's Eyes

  by Arthur Japin

  Following his hugely acclaimed debut, The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi (“Fascinatingly ambitious . . . Haunting” -- The New York Times ), Arthur Japin’s magnificently imagined second novel takes us into the most rarified and the most sordid realms of eighteenth-century Europe in the company of an extraordinary woman. She is a servant girl in an Italian manor house, educated by her lascivious lord, engaged to a... (more)
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  What Casanova Told Me: A Novel

  by Susan Swan

  “ Rich in interesting digressions into subjects as diverse as Minoan goddess worship and Western Orientalist stereotypes. Swan...has much to say about the emotional risks required to live a fulfilled life.”— Washington Post A dazzlingly imagined novel that embraces two centuries, two young women, a long-lost journal, and the mystery behind the legendary Casanova’s last great love. Susan Swan ’s... (more)
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  The Lost Diary of Don Juan

  An Account of the True Arts of Passion and the Perilous Adventure of Love

  by Douglas Carlton Abrams

  It was a time of discovery and decadence, when life became a gamble and the gold that poured endlessly into the port of Sevilla devalued money, marriage, and love itself. In the midst of these treacherous times, Juan Tenorio is born and then abandoned in the barn of a convent. Raised secretly by the nuns, he learns to love and worship all women and wants nothing more than to be a priest, until he falls in love... (more)
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  Conjuration Casanova

  by Eric Giacometti,Jacques Ravenne

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  Casanova in Bolzano (Vintage International)

  by Sandór Marai

  Another rediscovered masterpiece from the Hungarian novelist whose Embers became an international bestseller—a sensuous, suspenseful, aphoristic novel about the world’s most notorious seducer and the encounter that changes him forever. In 1756 Giacomo Casanova escapes from a Venetian prison and resurfaces in the Italian village of Bolzano. Here he receives an unwelcome visitor: the aging but still fearsome... (more)
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  Casanova: The Life and Loves of the World's Most Famous Lover

  The romantic escapades of Casanova, the man who would risk everything for love, are detailed and remembered in this new translation of his memoirs. With the same flair and intensity with which he lived, Casanova describes his adventures as a spy, his gambling escapades, and his love affairs, which won him the reputation as Europe's greatest lover. Testimonies from outside sources and insights into the customs and... (more)
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  Casanova in Venice: A Raunchy Rhyme

  by Kildare Dobbs

  Re-visit the life of history's most notorious lover, from childhood to Casanova's daring escape from the State Inquisition's prison. Using eighteenth-century poetic conventions that Casanova himself would have cherished, Kildare Dobbs infuses this renegade's legacy with a modern, witty and very hilarious bite.
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  Memorii

  by Giacomo Casanova

  "Totul e sa cutezi, caci puterea fara incredere nu foloseste la nimic".„Placerea simturilor a fost intotdeauna cea mai de seama valoare a mea: alta mai insemnata n-am avut niciodata. Simtind ca sunt nascut pentru sexul frumos, l-am indragit mereu si l-am facut, pe cat mi-a stat in puteri, sa ma indrageasca. Am indragit de asemenea cu patima mancarea aleasa si m-am inflacarat pentru tot ce mi-a... (more)
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  The Dante Trap

  by Arnaud Delalande

  Venice, 1756. One of the city's brightest young actors has been brutally murdered: nailed to a cross in the theatre where he was due to perform, with his eyes put out, and lines of Latin verse carved onto his chest. The Doge, aware the city is full of enemies of the Republic, launches a secret investigation, led by Pietro Viravolta, a dashing young adventurer, and seducer (the best friend of Casanova), who... (more)
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  Memoirs of Casanova Volume 01: Childhood

  by Giacomo Casanova

  This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
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  The Story of My Life

  by Giacomo Casanova

  Coming to the big screen this January—Buena Vista’s Casanova , starring Heath Ledger and Sienna Miller Seducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, Good Samaritan, spy, swashbuckler, self-made gentleman, entrepreneur, poet, translator, philosopher, and general bon vivant, Giacomo Casanova was not only the most notorious lover the Western world has known but also astoryteller of the first order. The... (more)
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  Casanova's Women: The Great Seducer and the Women He Loved

  by Judith Summers

  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... (more)
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  The CASANOVA COMPLEX

  by Peter Trachtenberg

  Trachtenberg, a recovering Casanova, takes the reader on a fascinating journey inside the Casanova complex, telling what a life of migratory sexuality is really like and who the women are that make it possible. He describes the syndrome as a true compulsive disorder, similar to alcoholism.
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  Casanova in Bohemia

  by Andrei Codrescu

  Beloved NPR commentator and popular author Andrei Codrescu makes a stunning return to historical fiction, detailing the adventurous life and erotic times of the famed illuminist Giacomo Casanova.In his national bestseller The Blood Countess, Andrei Codrescu brought to life the bloodthirsty royal Elizabeth Bathory, who embodied nearly all the contradictions of the seventeenth century. Now he depicts the... (more)