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An extraordinary, epic, brilliantly-imagined new novel from a world-class writer.

About the Author

Umberto Eco (1932-2016) wrote fiction, literary criticism and philosophy. His first novel, The Name of the Rose, was a major international bestseller. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, The Prague Cemetery and Numero Zero along with many brilliant collections of essays.

Reviews

A whirlwind of an adventure- and has everything - myths, marvels, monsters, murders, mysteries
*Financial Times*

Here is the Eco of The Name of the Rose...poised, mischievous and erudite, the fruit of extraordinary knowledge
*Washington Post*

[Eco] has given us, in the book's central character, a grand and sympathetic figure in the tradition of Candide and Sancho Panza
*Independent on Sunday*

Mixing pages of intellectual discussion and exhilarating comedy - further reveals Eco's practically inexhaustible erudition
*Irish Times*

A richly entertaining novel
*Sunday Times*

Readers admire Eco the semiotician, but they love Eco the novelist. Here, he returns to his old stomping ground the Middle Ages to relate the story of a quest for a priceless relic that is prompted by an imaginary map. This book is not currently available in English. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

A whirlwind of an adventure- and has everything - myths, marvels, monsters, murders, mysteries * Financial Times *
Here is the Eco of The Name of the Rose...poised, mischievous and erudite, the fruit of extraordinary knowledge * Washington Post *
[Eco] has given us, in the book's central character, a grand and sympathetic figure in the tradition of Candide and Sancho Panza * Independent on Sunday *
Mixing pages of intellectual discussion and exhilarating comedy - further reveals Eco's practically inexhaustible erudition * Irish Times *
A richly entertaining novel * Sunday Times *