Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:15:03 +0200Casanova: the world-class lover who died a second-rate librarian in Bohemiahttps://english.radio.cz/casanova-world-class-lover-who-died-a-second-rate-librarian-bohemia-8098375© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalSo infamous a womanizer was the Italian-born libertine Giacomo Casanova that, a full two centuries after his death, his name remains synonymous with the art of seduction. But if not for the years he spent in the employ of Count Waldstein of Bohemia as a librarian, Casanova, "the world's greatest lover"—-a one-time consort of European royalty, popes and cardinals, and man known to the likes of Voltaire, Goethe and Mozart-—may have been consigned to obscurity. As it was, he barely found the peace to write his memoirs.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 Casanova: the world-class lover who died a second-rate librarian in Bohemia https://english.radio.cz/casanova-world-class-lover-who-died-a-second-rate-librarian-bohemia-8098375 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9