The Name of the Rose

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014 - 579 Seiten

An international sensation and winner of the Premio Strega and the Prix Médicis Etranger awards, this enthralling medieval murder mystery "explodes with pyrotechnic inventions, literally as well as figuratively" (The New York Times)


The year is 1327. Benedictines 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, Brother William turns detective. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon -- all sharpened to a glistening edge by wry humor and a ferocious curiosity. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey, where "the most interesting things happen at night."


"Like the labyrinthine library at its heart, this brilliant novel has many cunning passages and secret chambers . . . Fascinating . . . ingenious . . . dazzling." --Newsweek

 

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FIRST DAY
21
SECOND DAY
107
THIRD DAY
193
FOURTH DAY
275
FIFTH DAY
355
SIXTH DAY
437
SEVENTH DAY
493
LAST PAGE
531
POSTSCRIPT
539
Back Matter
577
Back Cover
583
Spine
584
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