The Real Casanova

Can you imagine being SO smooth-talking and seductive your surname becomes an actual noun in the dictionary to describe someone who has a reputation for being an expert at in the sack?


Well today we’re going to be talking about a man who was just that…Giacamo Casanova.


But is his legacy accurate? Was he really a prolific ladies man? And did he do anything else in his life other than seduce women…and if he did, why do we only remember him for that reason?


Today we’re bringing you a very special Betwixt the Sheets mash-up episode with History Hit’s very own Casanova, Dan Snow (don’t worry he has humbly confirmed we could call him that).


Kate and Dan will be discussing why there is much more to Casanova than just womanising - he was a scam artist, outlaw, alchemist, spy and church cleric. He wrote satires, fought duels, and escaped from prison more than once. He even set up the French national lottery. Join Kate and Dan for this special collab episode of History Hit in the Sheets to find out all this and more!


Produced by Freddy Chick, Charlotte Long and Mariana Des Forges. Mixed by Dougal Patmore.


Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society. A podcast by History Hit.


Email us with your subject ideas at betwixt@historyhit.com.

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