This novel about love, betrayal, possession and the pursuit of pleasure is as mesmerising as Embers (bwl 13). Casanova has escaped from a Venetian prison and returned to the scene of a duel fought with the Duke of Parma over Francesca, the woman they both loved. So begins another form of duel, this one with words, that can only end in a kind of death for one of the protagonists.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 28 February 2005 ) |
