The name of the rose (Book, 1998) [Texas Group Catalog]
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The name of the rose

The name of the rose

Author: Umberto Eco
Publisher: London : Vintage, 1998.
Edition/Format:   Print book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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One after the other, half a dozen monks are found murdered in the most bizarre of ways. A learned Franciscan who is sent to solve the mysteries finds himself involved in the frightening events.
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Genre/Form: Detective and mystery stories
Detective and mystery fiction
Church history
Fiction
History
Mystery fiction
Historical fiction
Didactic fiction
Romans, nouvelles, etc
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Umberto Eco
ISBN: 0749397055 9780749397050
OCLC Number: 42372378
Description: 502 pages : plan ; 21 cm
Other Titles: Nome della rosa.
Responsibility: Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by William Weaver.

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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,  Read more...
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The late medieval world, teetering on the edge of discoveries and ideas that will hurl it into one more recognisably like ours...evoked with a force and wit that are breathtaking * Financial Times * Read more...

 

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