The Duel

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ISBN9781847497659
AuthorsCasanova
PublisherAlma Books Ltd
FormatPaperback
Number of pages114
Weight (kg)0.132
Publishing Date26/07/2018
Price (excl. tax)€8.49
Tax€0.51
Price (incl. tax)€9.00
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The notorious adventurer and seducer Giacomo Casanova tells of his travels – on the run from the authorities of his native Venice – around northern Europe, poking fun at the ruling classes he encounters there, before focusing on a pivotal incident that occurs in Warsaw. Insulted by a Polish count over an Italian ballerina, Casanova finds himself forced to challenge his rival to a duel, and the sequence of events and their aftermath are described with gusto by the narrator.

A rollicking autobiographical account by one of the most iconic figures of eighteenth-century Europe, The Duel is presented here with an extract about the same event from Casanova''s memoirs, written fifteen years later.