RT Web Page DB /z-wcorg/ DS http://worldcat.org ID 1303853482 LA English UL https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BFQEAAA2Y/products/da9ef467-f633-4484-8023-b4b0121cd78c T1 The Name of the Rose A1 Eco, Umberto., PB HarperCollins PP [S.I.] YR 1994 SN 0547575149 9780547575148 AB Now a series starring John Turturro as William of Baskerville airing on SundanceTV Umberto Eco's first novel, an international sensation and winner of the Premio Strega and the Prix M?dicis ?tranger awards The year is 1327. Benedictines 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. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon?all sharpened to a glistening edge by wry humor and a ferocious curiosity. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey, where "the most interesting things happen at night." "Like the labyrinthine library at its heart, this brilliant novel has many cunning passages and secret chambers . . . Fascinating . . . ingenious . . . dazzling." ? Newsweek.