Casanova

First edition. 8vo. 279pp. Turquoise cloth boards lettered in gilt to spine; deep aqua endpapers. Cover artwork detail from Declaration of Love by Carlo Sienesi (John Noott Galleries).

Signed by Author to title page.

Miller's second novel. Shortlisted for the 1999 Encore Award. The famed Venetian seducer and adventurer arrives in England in the summer of 1763, seeking a respite from his restless travels and liaisons. Based on a little-known episode in Giacomo Casanova's life, related in Histoire de ma vie, this is an often comic portrait of a far more complex figure than legend suggests.

"Full-bodied yet razor-sharp... his writing is as dextrous as Casanova's love-making. Lie back and enjoy it." –Katie Grant, Spectator