Seductive Venice: In Casanova's Footsteps

"Here. Here is the house of Casanova, the Italian sex machine," a gondolier claims as he points to a crumbling building. But some gondoliers are lying—or telling a different kind of truth. "Casanova, he was with many women in Venice, so he has many houses."
It turns out they're right after all.
Seductive Venice: In Casanova's Footsteps will take readers on seven walking tours of Venice to find the real houses of Giacomo Casanova: his birthplace; the street where he beat up a thief; the canal where Casanova saved Senator Bragadin from a fatal stroke; the scene of a courtesan's party where the two traded clothes; the inn where Casanova and seven friends pleasured a wife. Then there are the churches—where Casanova met the woman who would lead him to his new lover, a cloistered nun; or the church steps where he was dumped after being kicked out of the seminary; and the theaters—where Casanova brought his fourteen-year-old lover, masked; or where he was accused of clipping coins. Of course, the walks include Casanova's best-known haunts as well: the ridotto where he gambled away fortunes and the prison where he schemed for a year before his daring escape. Statues, alleys, bridges, canals—so many more sites hold the spirit of the famous lover.

Kathleen Ann Gonzalez has published with various periodicals and on the Internet and has stories in three anthologies. She has independently published four books, First Spritz Is Free, A Beautiful Woman in Venice, A Living Memory: Immortality for Sarra Copia Sulam, Seductive Venice: In Casanova's Footsteps, Free Gondola Ride, and A Small Candle. She contributed to a collaborative book about teaching English, published by Pearson in 2013. Gonzalez is an English teacher and has won various awards and recognition for her work. Passionate about travel, Gonzalez finds any excuse to hop on an airplane, particularly to Venice.