Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt (1725-1798) was a Venetian adventurer and author. His Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), part autobiography and part memoir, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century. He was so famous as a womanizer that his name remains synonymous with the art of seduction.