Bibliograph

The name of the rose, Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by William Weaver

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The name of the rose, Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by William Weaver

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The name of the rose

Oclc number

8954772

Responsibility statement

Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by William Weaver

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 night 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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