{"product_id":"history-of-my-life-5-revised-9780801856648","title":"History of My Life 5 Revised","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExiled from Venice, he goes to Munich and Paris, where he establishes himself as a cabalist, makes a fortune in Holland, helps start the French State Lottery, goes on to Switzerland where he meets Voltaire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrask has written a version in an English fully contemporary yet remarkably Italian in sensibility. With admirable restraint and refinement, he has conveyed the zest and sensuous delight of the original. National Book Award Citation These memoirs are compulsive reading... they are the work not only of a highly accomplished seducer but of a literary artist of the highest talents. -- J. H. Plumb New York Times Book Review Trask expertly rendered this text into English in 1966, and his is the English version to read... Compulsively readable... Certainly, few books better convey the sheer, exuberant joy of being alive and young than these reminiscences. -- Michael Dirda New York Review of Books 2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1-11\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume 6\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1-11\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eAppendix\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hopkins Fulfillment Service","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862967910743,"sku":"9780801856648","price":40.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801856648.jpg?v=1759919227","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/history-of-my-life-5-revised-9780801856648","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}