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When his mission is overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths patterned on the book of Revelation, Brother William turns detective, following the trail of a conspiracy that brings him face-to-face with the abbey’s labyrinthine secrets, the subversive effects of laughter, and the medieval Inquisition.
Jun 9, 1983 · Now available from HarperVia in a deluxe paperback edition featuring never-before-seen illustrations by the author, the beloved internationally bestselling historical mystery about a brilliant monk called upon to solve a series of baffling murders in a fourteenth-century Italian abbey.
- Umberto Eco
The Name of the Rose, novel by Italian writer Umberto Eco, published in 1980. Although it stands on its own as a murder mystery, it is more accurately seen as a questioning of the meaning of ‘truth’ from theological, philosophical, scholarly, and historical perspectives.
Sep 28, 1994 · The Name of the Rose. Umberto Eco. HarperCollins, Sep 28, 1994 - Fiction - 592 pages. “Explodes with pyrotechnic inventions, literally as well as figuratively. Hold on till the end.”—New York...
Jun 30, 2012 · Read the enthralling medieval murder mystery. The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate....
The Name of the Rose - Five Books Expert Reviews. The Best Fiction Books » Historical Fiction. The Name of the Rose. by Umberto Eco. Recommendations from our site. “It’s set in Italy in a monastery. Eco makes interesting demands on his reader. There’s a lot of philosophy, theories of knowledge.
Jul 28, 2011 · Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. His delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths that take place in seven days and night of apocalyptic terror.
