The Spectator, April 21st, 2007
Certain cities, like certain men, have the instant power to seduce. Seville, I've discovered, is one. Romantic, classically handsome and oozing charm, it offers glimpses of a fascinating past, combined with irresistible joie de vivre. This is a city utterly committed to pleasure. Perhaps it's not surprising, then, that it's also the city which inspired the legend of Don Juan.
I think I've probably met more than my fair share of Don Juans, but I couldn't resist the chance to meet the original. Yes, he was dead, but he has also been brought thrillingly to life in The Lost Diary of Don Juan (Ori...
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