The Romance of Casanova

Résumé : Casanova, whose name spells romance to every generation, is in the prime of his restless life in this new novel by Richard Aldington. In Venice of the eighteenth century, gaily wasting away her last years of glory, we find him living by his sharp, capricious wits : here he gambled, and drank, and schemed, tricked his patrons with cunning and laughter, captivated all women, chaste and audacious alike. And here, too, he lost his wandering heart to the enchanting Henriette...