Story of My Life

Seducer gambler necromancer swindler swashbuckler poet self-made gentleman bon vivant Giacomo Casanova was not only the most notorious lover of the Western world but a supreme story teller. He lived a life stranger than most fictions and the tale of his own adventures is his most compelling story and one that remained unfinished at the time of his death. This new selection contains all the highlights of Casanova's life: his youth in Venice as a precocious ecclesiastic; his dabbling in the occult; his imprisonment and thrilling escape; and his amorous conquests ranging from noblewomen to nuns.