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The Story of My Life is the explosive and exhilarating autobiography by the infamous libertine Giacomo Casanova. 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. 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. He holds a verbal dual with Voltaire and finds himself hauled before the court multiple times.

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

Peter Wickham talks about the infamous libertine Giacomo Casanova, and his explosive autobiography, The Story of My Life. Perhaps best known for his serial womanizing, Casanova led an extraordinary life with many wild and incredible adventures, many of which are contained in The Story of My Life. Listen to The Story of My Life, read by Peter Wickham.

Vremya zakata "galantnogo veka" oznamenovalos' nebyvaloy pyshnost'yu korolevskih dvorov i razmahom vsevozmozhnyh prazdnikov i razvlecheniy. Ehta zhe ehpoha porodila i osobuyu porodu lyudey - avantyuristov, kolesivshih po vsey Evrope v poiskah priklyucheniy, legkoy nazhivy i eshche ne ispytannyh udovol'stviy. Ne imeya bol'shogo sostoyaniya, ehti lyudi uspeshno pronikali v samye vysshie sloi obshchestva isklyuchitel'no blagodarya lichnym kachestvam: ostroumiyu, pronicatel'nosti i otvage, podkreplennoy veroy v udachu.