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Benedict Cumberbatch reads Ian Kelly's Casanova

by Ian Kelly
Benedict Cumberbatch
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Benedict Cumberbatch reads Ian Kelly's biography of one of the most beguiling and controversial individuals of any age.
In this fascinating biography of the notorious libertine, Ian Kelly draws on documents by Casanova, his friends and his lovers (male and female) in order to bring fresh insights to the man's life and world. The sights and smells of Eighteenth Century Europe are brought keenly to life, as are the colourful incidents of Casanova's life. As the young cleric he embarked upon a scandalous affair with a married woman, fleeing eventually to Constantinople. He created a stir at the French court of King Louis XV, began intrigues in London that led him to a soaking in the Thames, and sought to meet Catherine the Great at a ball in St Petersburg. His own memoirs ensured his lasting fame, and changed the way we think and write about ourselves and about sex.
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock; The Imitation Game; Star Trek Into Darkness) is the reader of this abridged edition, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra.

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Publisher: BBC Audio Edition: Abridged

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  • ISBN: 9781785290763
  • File size: 32448 KB
  • Release date: May 21, 2015
  • Duration: 01:07:35

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  • ISBN: 9781785290763
  • File size: 32451 KB
  • Release date: May 21, 2015
  • Duration: 01:08:36
  • Number of parts: 1

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Biography & Autobiography History Performing Arts Nonfiction

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Benedict Cumberbatch reads Ian Kelly's biography of one of the most beguiling and controversial individuals of any age.
In this fascinating biography of the notorious libertine, Ian Kelly draws on documents by Casanova, his friends and his lovers (male and female) in order to bring fresh insights to the man's life and world. The sights and smells of Eighteenth Century Europe are brought keenly to life, as are the colourful incidents of Casanova's life. As the young cleric he embarked upon a scandalous affair with a married woman, fleeing eventually to Constantinople. He created a stir at the French court of King Louis XV, began intrigues in London that led him to a soaking in the Thames, and sought to meet Catherine the Great at a ball in St Petersburg. His own memoirs ensured his lasting fame, and changed the way we think and write about ourselves and about sex.
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock; The Imitation Game; Star Trek Into Darkness) is the reader of this abridged edition, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography History Performing Arts Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    BBC Audio
    Edition:
    Abridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781785290763
    File size: 32448 KB
    Release date: May 21, 2015
    Duration: 01:07:35

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781785290763
    File size: 32451 KB
    Release date: May 21, 2015
    Duration: 01:08:36
    Number of parts: 1

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English