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This third volume contains the fifth and sixth sections: the fifth section, "In London and Moscow", and the sixth section, "Spanish Passions".

Trask (Translator) 4.4 31 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 24.77 5 Used from 20.00 Paperback 41.60 20 Used from 4.13 14 New from 32. 1-2 Paperback Abridged, by Giacomo Chevalier de Seingalt Casanova (Author), Willard R. His appetite for life is voracious for him, a life lived close to the precipice is the only life worth living. Giacomo Casanova History of My Life, Vols. He holds a verbal duel with Voltaire, a pistol duel with a Polish noble, and finds himself hauled before the court multiple times, including in London, where the judge in question turns out to be none other than Henry Fielding. He falls madly in love, has wild flings, and delirious orgies, and encounters some of the most brilliant figures of his time, including Catherine the Great, Louis XV, and Benjamin Franklin. In a boastful tale, Casanova tells of sneaking into bed with Donna Lucrezia and her virgin sister and after making love four times to Lucrezia he turned his attention to the 17 year old Angelica, weeks before her wedding. Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt was a Venetian adventurer and author. Intense and scandalous, Casanova's extraordinary adventures take the listener on an incredible voyage across 18th-century Europe - from France to Russia, Poland to Spain, and Turkey to Germany, with Venice at their heart.

The Story of My Life is the explosive and exhilarating autobiography by the infamous libertine Giacomo Casanova.