Adventurer: The Life and Times of Giacomo Casanova

by Leo Damrosch

Book Overview

A fast-paced narrative about the world-famous libertine Giacomo Casanova, from celebrated biographer Leo Damrosch

"Fully succeeds in communicating that 'vivid presentness, ' that 'joyful eagerness' for life, which is what keeps us reading Casanova--and reading about him."--Gregory Dowling, Wall Street Journal

"A nuanced, deftly contextualized biography of an adventurer, an opportunist, and a man of voracious appetites...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300248288
• ISBN13: 9780300248289
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 9.5"