Diplomat, gambler, charlatan, secular adventurer and favorite of women, Casanova has not left the stage for three centuries. The role of Casanova was played by dozens of famous artists - from the star of Russian silent cinema Ivan Mozzhukhin to Marcello Mastroianni. Plays and poems are written about him, strawberry cakes, eau de toilette and soft furnishings are named after him. The myth of Casanova, however, ousted from the frame the authentic Casanova - a brilliant writer, translator Homer, interlocutor Voltaire and Catherine II. Telling the exciting life of Casanova, full of incredible twists and turns, Philip Sollers returns his true scale to his hero: this outwardly frivolous character, who to this day annoys the zealots of official morality, was turns out to be one of the key figures of its time. The great ridiculer and seducer, dashing lover and state mind, Casanova restores human nature in rights.