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Casanova’s Secret Wife, a historical love story by BARBARA LYNN-DAVIS

August 22, 2017 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Porter Square Books, 25 White Street
Cambridge, MA 02140 United States
Free

Porter Square Books hosts BARBARA LYNN-DAVIS as she reads her novel: Casanova's Secret Wife. Caterina Capreta was an innocent girl of fourteen when she caught the attention of the world's most infamous chronicler of seduction: Giacomo Casanova.  Intoxicated by a fierce love, she wed Casanova in secret.  But his shocking betrayal inspired her to commit an […]

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