The name of the rose (Book, 1983) [Texas Group Catalog]
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The name of the rose

The name of the rose

Author: Umberto Eco
Publisher: Everyman's library ; 1983 ♭1983.
Edition/Format:   Print book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
The year is 1327. 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 nights of apocalyptic terror. The body of one monk is found in a cask of pigs' blood, another is floating in a bathhouse, still another is crushed at the foot of a cliff.
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Genre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction
Didactic fiction
Historical fiction
Fiction
Translations into English
Romans, nouvelles, etc
Additional Physical Format: Eco, Umberto.
Name of the rose.
1984.
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Umberto Eco
ISBN: 9780307264893 0307264890
OCLC Number: 1300661079
Notes: Translation of: Il nome della rosa.
"A Helen and Kurt Wolff book."
Description: 502 pages 25 cm.
Other Titles: Nome della rosa.
Responsibility: Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by William Weaver.

Abstract:

The year is 1327. 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 nights of apocalyptic terror. The body of one monk is found in a cask of pigs' blood, another is floating in a bathhouse, still another is crushed at the foot of a cliff.
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