The name of the rose (Book, 2006) [Texas Group Catalog]
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The name of the rose

The name of the rose

Author: Umberto Eco; William Weaver
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c 2006, ©1983.
Series: Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.), 299.
Edition/Format:   Print book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
In 1327, Brother William of Baskerville is sent to investigate a wealthy Italian abbey whose monks are suspected of heresy. 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  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Mystery fiction
Detective and mystery stories
Historical fiction
Religious fiction
Church history
Fiction
History
Romans, nouvelles, etc
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Umberto Eco; William Weaver
ISBN: 0307264890 9780307264893 1857152999 9781857152999
OCLC Number: 166634827
Description: xxxvii, 560 pages : plans ; 22 cm.
Series Title: Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.), 299.
Other Titles: Nome della rosa.
Responsibility: Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by William Weaver ; with an introduction by David Lodge.

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Who is killing monks in a great medieval abbey famed for its library - and why? Brother William of Baskerville is sent to find out, taking with him the assistant who later tells the tale of his  Read more...
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'[It} confirms Eco as an outstanding writer of philosophy dressed as fiction' -- Stephanie Merrit * Observer * 'Eco does something rare: he makes ideas moving' -- Michael Pye * Scotsman *

 

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