b> He was born in Venice. The most dissolute city in the world at that time. As a child, he was considered to be retarded in development and there were no signs that he would become a writer, inventor, spy and ... the most famous seducer of his time.
He loved women most of all. And trouble. It was close, and his colorful life would end in Poland. Apparently, it took a few minutes for a woman whom he met by chance to want to spend the night with him, but his most faithful companion was a venereal disease.
Casanova's diaries were sold to the French Library for $ 9 million. This is the largest amount ever paid for a manuscript. These were the things that were used by Laurence Bergreen to create the book "Casanova. In the world of the seducer " - the biography of a lover of all times bursting with wit and eroticism.
Here is the latest biography of one of the greatest icons of pop culture. Lover and adventurer. A man whose name to this day is synonymous with a master of the art of love and a genius seducer.
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Few readers of Laurence Bergreen's new biography, "Casanova. In the world of a genius seducer ”, he ends the reading, condemning its extraordinary hero. Casanova's charm was enormous:he was able to convince both old popes and young girls. His virtues included insatiable curiosity, endurance and joy in life, thanks to which he got out brazenly from each subsequent trouble.
"The New York Times"
(...) full of sex and surprises, witty, insightful and entertaining.
"Huffington Post"
The author manages to capture Casanova's voice neatly, 'often amused but rarely mocking; talkative, but poetic, brilliant and vulgar at the same time ”. Casanova's adventures are full of spicy details, and Bergreen weaves enough of them to prove his hero's reputation.
"Kirkus Reviews"
If the Pope himself had caught them in flagranti, they would not have stopped. He would have blessed them, wouldn't he?
They found a suitable spot in the gazebo, where the turf was shaped like a bed. “We looked at her and laughed. It was undoubtedly a bed. Their moment came:“We got serious, looked into each other's eyes, unbuttoned our clothes. Our hearts pounded in our chests and our hands rushed to quench our impatience.
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