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Loading... The Lost Diary of Don Juan: A Novel (original 2007; edition 2008)by Douglas Carlton Abrams
Work InformationThe Lost Diary of Don Juan by Douglas Carlton Abrams (2007)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The life of Don Juan written in "his own words". Who could resist getting a personal insight into the thought processes of "the world's greatest lover" Although filled with enough political intrigue and stuffy constraints of class structure of the time to make it interesting, it does not pretend to be a historically accurate book. It was just an enjoyable quick read. Perfect "escape read" for summer. After getting of to a shaky start this turned out being pretty good. I'm not sure if it has enought "romance" to keep a romance reader going but it didn't have so much romance that it turned me off and I'm not a romance reader. Though the overall plot was fairly predictable, I really liked the ending. One thing that bothered me was the constant "tension building" that never ended bad. Like "his legs were weak from the torture but with a final burst of strength he was able to..." and then 2 paragraphs later, "he could barely hold the sword but he was able to...". It just seemed like Don Juan was Superman by the time the chapter was over and it didn't really build any tension after the fifth near disaster in as many paragraphs. The other thing that was a little off-putting for me was that the narrator for this (audio) book was the same guy that does all the new Dune prequels. I kept on expecting sandworms to pop-up and eat Don Juan. But I don't suspect that would be a problem for too many people. no reviews | add a review
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HTML:Douglas Abramsâ??s magical debut novel captures the heart of the Spanish Golden Age and the secret life of the worldâ??s greatest loverâ??Don Juan. It was a time of discovery and decadence, when life became a gamble and the gold that poured endlessly into the port of Sevilla devalued money, marriage, and love itself. In the midst of these treacherous times, Juan Tenorio is born and then abandoned in the barn of a convent. He wants nothing more than to be a priest, until he falls in love with one of the sisters. When their affair is discovered, Juan leaves the Church forever. He is soon recruited to be a spy by the powerful Marquis de la Mota, who teaches him to become the worldâ??s greatest libertine and seducer of women. It is after knowing countless women that Don Juan is convinced by the Marquis to keep a diary, and it is here within its pages that he reveals his greatest adventures and the Arts of Passion he mastered. But what finally compels him to confess everything is the most perilous adventure of allâ??the irresistible fall into the madness of love with the only woman who could ever make him forget all others. The Lost Diary of Don Juan is not only a triumph of literary imagination but a deliciously sensual exploration of the secrets to undying love. At once a profound meditation and daring adventure, this novel brings to life one of historyâ??s most notorious and alluring individuals with depth, intellig No library descriptions found. |
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