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The Prague Cemetery

The Prague Cemetery

by UmbertoEco (Author), RichardDixon (Translator)

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    Paperback 2012

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Synopsis

Nineteenth-century Europe abounds with conspiracy both ghastly and mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian priests are strangled with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate black masses by night. Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating forgeries, plots, and massacres. But what if, behind all of these conspiracies, lay just one man?

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 576
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 05 Jul 2012
ISBN 10: 0099555980
ISBN 13: 9780099555988
Book Overview: 'Eco's most accessible novel since The Name of the Rose, a temptingly complex tale of 19th-century plots and conspiracies' Sunday Times

Media Reviews
An extremely readable narrative of betrayal, terrorism, murder...chilling * Daily Telegraph *
A smartly entertaining fin-de-siecle romp * Independent *
Imagine Dan Brown adorned with a PhD: that's Umberto Eco * Observer *
This feels like Eco's most accessible novel since The Name of the Rose, a temptingly complex tale of 19th-century plots and conspiracies, and of an evil genius who may be behind them all * Sunday Times *
The Prague Cemetery, snakes along an underground trail that twists through the enlightened heresies and bigoted gospels respectively propagated by Freemasons and Illuminati, Jesuits and Jew-baiters, before hinting at an ideological conspiracy that underlines the deceits of contemporary politics * Observer *
Author Bio
Umberto Eco (1932-2016) wrote fiction, literary criticism and philosophy. His first novel, The Name of the Rose, was a major international bestseller. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, The Prague Cemetery and Numero Zero along with many brilliant collections of essays.