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Casanova: The Libertine Monk Who Escaped from Prison

His name became a word for "great lover." But the real Casanova was far more than a seducer. He was a con artist, a spy, a priest who abandoned his vows, a gambler, a mathematician — and the only man in history to escape Venice's most infamous prison. Over 100 women seduced across Europe. From peasant girls to aristocratic ladies to nuns. He dined with kings while running elaborate scams. Then Venetian authorities arrested him and locked him in the Leads — a prison considered absolutely inescapable. What you'll discover: How a brilliant kid from a poor family used the Church as a stepping stone to high society, then abandoned religion entirely for a life of pleasure and adventure. Why his affairs with powerful men's wives eventually got him imprisoned without trial in cells so hot prisoners went mad from the heat. The impossible escape that made him legendary: 15 months of suffering, a hidden iron spike, months of digging, a renegade priest as accomplice, breaking through floors and ceilings, crawling through attics in darkness, and the audacious move that got them out — walking straight through the front door like they belonged there. How he turned his escape into fame across Europe, meeting Voltaire and Catherine the Great, establishing the French lottery, seducing dozens more women, and living as luxuriously as royalty despite having no real wealth or title. But here's what makes Casanova fascinating beyond the legend: He genuinely treated women as intellectual equals in an age when almost no men did. He listened, conversed, made them feel valued. For aristocratic women trapped in loveless marriages, this was revolutionary. His seductions weren't just physical — they were emotional and intellectual. His 3,700-page memoirs, written in bitter obscurity as an old librarian, describe everything with shocking frankness: sex, cons, conversations, the reality of 18th-century life that "respectable" writers ignored. Initially dismissed as lies, historians later verified his claims. He was telling the truth. Casanova died forgotten in 1798. His memoirs stayed unpublished and censored for over a century. Today he's immortal — his name in the dictionary, his escape still celebrated, his memoirs recognized as invaluable historical sources. He was a man born poor who spent his life proving he belonged among aristocrats. His conquests were attempts to prove his worth. His escape demonstrated extraordinary courage and intelligence. His memoirs ensured history would remember him. The real Casanova was a brilliant, flawed, audacious man who lived without apology. Monk turned libertine. Prisoner who achieved the impossible. Seducer who wrote with genuine insight. Con artist who told the truth. Subscribe to Chronicles of Power for the real stories behind history's most legendary figures.