{"product_id":"history-of-my-life-9780801856679","title":"History of My Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning translation of the complete memoirs of Casanova available for the first time in paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe last two volumes of Casanova's account of his extraordinary life include the story of his imprisonment in Buen Retiro, his trip to Madrid and his affair with Doña Ignacia, his journey to Barcelona and his detention in the Tower, his encounter with Lord Baltimore, and his serious illness in Aix-en-Provence when he is taken care of by a mysterious woman who turns out to the servant of one of his first loves, Henriette.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause every previous edition of Casanova's \u003ci\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/i\u003e had been abridged to suppress the author's political and religious views and tame his vivid, often racy, style, the literary world considered it a major event when Willard R. Trask's translation of the complete original text was published in six double volumes between 1966 and 1971. Trask's award-winning translation now appears in paperback for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Giacomo Chevalier de Seingalt Casanova\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 4.96w x 2.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801856679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGiacomo Casanova \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Venice in 1725. His parents, both actors, wanted him to become a priest, but their hopes were dashed when, at sixteen, he was expelled from seminary for immoral misconduct. Probably best-known for his reputation as a womanizer, Casanova was in turn a secretary, a soldier in the Venetian army, a preacher, an alchemist, a gambler, a violinist, a lottery director, and a spy. He translated Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e into Italian and collaborated with Da Ponte on the libretto for Mozart's \u003ci\u003eDon Giovanni\u003c\/i\u003e. He retired in 1785 to the castle of a friend--Count Waldstein of Bohemia--in order to write his memoirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40389511118963,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":86.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_87467cfd-29a5-44df-958a-675bc0b7b0ab.jpg?v=1661608931","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/history-of-my-life-9780801856679","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}