The Duel

Part of Alma Classics new series: 101 Pages, The Duel is an autobiographical novel which describes Casanova’s extraordinary battle to the death with a Polish Count

The notorious adventurer and seducer Giacomo Casanova tells of his travels – on the run from the authorities of his native Venice – around northern Europe, poking fun at the ruling classes he encounters there, before focusing on a pivotal incident that occurs in Warsaw. Insulted by a Polish count over an Italian ballerina, Casanova finds himself forced to challenge his rival to a duel, and the sequence of events and their aftermath are described with gusto by the narrator.

A rollicking autobiographical account by one of the most iconic figures of eighteenth-century Europe, The Duel is presented here with an extract about the same event from Casanova''s memoirs, written fifteen years later.

• | Author: Casanova, J.G. Nichols
• | Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jul 26, 2018
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• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781847497659
• | ISBN-10: 1847497659