The Lost Diary of Don Juan

An editor receives a manuscript purporting to be the lost diary ofhistory's greatest lover, Don Juan. An orphan left on the steps of acovent, Don Juan grew up within the church but his ambitions towards thepriesthood fell to the wayside when he was seduced by a young nun. Evictedfrom the convent, he was taken under the wing of the libertine Don Pedro,the Marquis of Mota, who coached him in skills both courtly and amorousand then employed him as a spy at court. So began a life devoted to givingand receiving pleasure. But Abrams' Don Juan is no playboy; instead DonJuan's mastery of the arts of passion liberates the women he beds. Throughhis connections with Don Pedro, he is made an 'hidalgo', an honorarynobleman, and is therefore protected from the wrath of the Inquisition bythe King, but his position is precarious. Then Don Juan embarks on themost perilous adventure of all - he falls in love, and finds that not onlyhis reputation but also his life is in danger.