by UmbertoEco (Author), RichardDixon (Translator)
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?
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