The British poet Dick Davis, in his collection “Belonging” (2002), has a brilliant poem that encapsulates Casanova’s “Story of My Life” in five rhyming couplets, the last of which, referring to his ...
Author and journalist Laurence Bergreen is the accomplished biographer of a long list of famous people, ranging from Columbus and Marco Polo to Al Capone and Louis Armstrong. His latest book, however, ...