Giacomo
Casanova
1725 -1798
Spied For: Venetian Inquisitors
Casanova, born in Venice, is most
well known for his womanizing and his book The Story of My Life which gives the
best account of life in the eighteenth century that we have. Due to the
financial support for many patrons of his mother (an actress) he was able to go
to school to receive a very good education. This enabled him to become a
lawyer. Over many years his romantic affairs with women in power made him a
very powerful
