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The
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In Lucia's Eyes by Arthur Japin
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ABOUT
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| Amsterdam
1758, and a man is artfully seducing a woman. He is, to all appearances, Monsieur
le Chevalier de Seingalt, she is a courtesan, well-known in Amsterdam for the
fact that she never removes her veil. He sets her a challenge: if she can find
a woman who has suffered after falling in love with him, she is entitled to resist
his charms; if not, she should play his game. What Seingalt doesn't know is that he has already met the veiled woman many years ago, in another life. What Lucia doesn't know is that Seingalt will go down in history as one of the world's greatest lovers, Casanova. A
deliciously entertaining and moving story of innocence and experience, love and
sacrifice, In Lucia's Eyes takes the reader on an entrancing journey from the
canals of Amsterdam to those of Venice, painting a glorious portrait of the eighteenth
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| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Arthur Japin's first novel The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi was in international bestseller and has since been adapted for the stage, opera and film. Casanova went straight into the Dutch bestseller lists and won the prestigious Libris prize. The author lives in Utrecht. |
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