All Formats & Editions

Giacomo di Casanova, the greatest of Italian-perhaps of all-adventurers, was born in Venice in April of 1725, the son of an actor of the San Samuele Theatre and the lovely daughter of a Venetian cobbler, who, as a result of her marriage, became herself an actress of some note... Read Full Overview

Casanova's Alibi by Rafael Sabatini Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to publications@publicdomain.org.uk This book is found... Read Full Overview

Rafael Sabatini was born in Jesi, Italy to an English mother and Italian father. His parents were opera singers who became teachers. At a young age, Rafael was exposed to many languages, living with his grandfather in England, attending school in Portugal and, as a teenager,... Read Full Overview

Short story originally published as "The Alibi"We are happy to announce this classic book. Many of the books in our collection have not been published for decades and are therefore not broadly available to the readers. Our goal is to access the very large literary repository... Read Full Overview

After a brief stint in the business world, Satin went to work as a writer. He wrote short stories in the 1890s, and his first novel came out in 1902. It took Satin roughly a quarter of a century of hard work before he attained success with Scaremonger in 1921. This brilliant... Read Full Overview

Rafael Sabatini was born in Jesi, Italy to an English mother and Italian father. His parents were opera singers who became teachers. At a young age, Rafael was exposed to many languages, living with his grandfather in England, attending school in Portugal and, as a teenager,... Read Full Overview