Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and author (born 1725)

Giacomo Casanova

Venetian adventurer and writer (1725–1798)

Giacomo Girolamo Casanova was an Italian adventurer and writer who was born in the Republic of Venice and travelled extensively throughout Europe. He is chiefly remembered for his autobiography, written in French and published posthumously as Histoire de ma vie. That work has…