[Publib] Did you know Casanova was a librarian?

[Fred Beisser]

It has always been obvious to those of us connected to libraries and now 
we can point to a book revealing how exciting librarians really are. I 
ran across a column commenting on a new book about Giaccomo Casanova. 
The book is "Casanova: Actor Lover Priest Spy" by Ian Kelly. Read the 
column here http://tinyurl.com/cnrws2.

The last 14 years of his life were spent as the librarian, at the Castle 
of Dux in Bohemia, for a fellow caba­list, Count Josef Karl Emmanuel von 
Waldstein. It was the only steady job he ever had, and he hated it. But 
with little to do, he began write his memoirs to amuse himself.

Product Details:

    * Hardcover: 416 pages
    * Publisher: Tarcher (October 16, 2008)
    * Language: English
    * ISBN-10: 158542658X
    * ISBN-13: 978-1585426584

And if a Denver newspaper is too pedestrian for you, read the NY Times 
review at http://tinyurl.com/c3p929.


Fred Beisser
Trustee
www.elbertcountylibrary.org
(Colorado)