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Casanova: The Ultimate Playboy
Brie Bio
Giacomo Girolamo Casanova 1725-1798, Italian
The man famous for his skills as a lover worked as a spy, a Catholic
cardinal, an alchemist, a violinist, a gambler and a con man. One of
his greatest pleasures was writing and his magnum opus, Story Of
My Life, was the tip of the iceberg on a range of work: from librettos
written with Mozart to philosophical tracts authored with Voltaire. A
manuscript of his memoirs sold in 2010 for almost £6m ($10m).
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