Book description
The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected
of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate.
When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre
deaths, Brother William turns detective. He collects evidence, deciphers
secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth
of the abbey where extraordinary things are happening under the over of
night. A spectacular popular and critical success,
The Name of the Rose
is not only a narrative of a murder investigation but an astonishing
chronicle of the Middle Ages. Umberto Eco is the author of four
bestselling novels, The Name of The Rose, Foucault's Pendulum,
The Island of The Day Before
and Baudolino
. His collections of essays also include Five Moral Pieces,
Kant and the Platypus, Serendipities, Faith in Fakes,
and How To Travel With a Salmon
and Other Essays.
A Professor of Semiotics at the University of Bologna, Umberto Eco
lives in Italy.
