The Story of My Life (the Complete Memoirs of Giacomo Casanova Volume 1 of 12)

A Venetian adventurer author and lifelong womanizer the name of Casanova has become interchangeable with the art of seduction since the 18th century. In his most notable book Story of My Life Casanova narrates countless tales of the people with whom he interacted: lovers European royalty clergymen and artists such as Goethe Voltaire and Mozart. His writing demonstrates his talent for dialogue while his life seems an inadvertent testament to skill in plot development. Casanova gambled spied translated dueled schemed traveled and observed people of all levels of society having been born of two actors and becoming a self-made gentleman. He writes of his life without regret recalling his adventures from necromancy to imprisonment with general honesty and the occasional embellishment and always with a good humor. In this remarkable celebration of the senses Casanova proves his talent for storytelling by revealing a refreshingly authentic view of the customs and everyday life of social 18th century Europeans ultimately proving his claim that I can say I have lived. In this edition you will find the first of twelve volumes of The Complete Memoirs.