The name of the rose
by Eco, Umberto frey50
Published by : Harcourt Brace Jovan (San Diego) , 1980 Physical details: 502 p. ISBN:0151446474.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basement | Eco (Browse shelf) | Available | 53767 |
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The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. His delicated mission is suddenly overshodowed 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. Brother William turns detective, and a uniquely deft one at that. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon -- all sharpened to a glistening edge by his wry humor and ferocious curiosity. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrith of the abbey, wher "the most interesting things happen at night".