Giacomo Casanova [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… a royal lottery, gambling, and at times acting as a confidence man. A recent autobiographer introduces him as an ‘actor, lover, priest, and spy.’ 3 Born in 1725 to a couple of actors in Venice, a city which heavily privileged ranks and … an important facet of Casanova’s social relations, and haunted him throughout his life. 3 . Ian Kelly, Casanova. Actor, Lover, Priest, Spy (New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2011). Casanova’s encounters are not only striking for their … in London, he was sent air kisses from a balcony by a pretty woman. It was ‘La Binetti’, a dancer who had been his lover a long time ago and who happened to be touring England, and staying in his neighborhood. They were soon reunited …
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