description: The international bestseller! A masterful gothic thriller set against the turbulence of medieval Italy.The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. But his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths that take place in seven days and nights of apocalyptic terror.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 labyrinth of the abbey where "the most interesting things happen at night."As Brother William goes about unraveling the mystery of what happens at the abbey by day and by night, listeners step into a brilliant re-creation of the fourteenth century, with its dark superstitions and wild prejudices, its hidden passions and sordid intrigues. Virtuoso storyteller Umberto Eco conjures up a gloriously rich portrait of this world with such grace, ease, wit and love that you will become utterly intoxicated with the place and time.
language: English
title: The Name of the Rose
titlecomplete: The Name of the Rose
characters: Abo of Fossanova, Remigio of Varagine, Bernard Gui, Jorge of Burgos, Benno of Uppsala, Adso of Melk, Alinardo of Grottaferrata, Salvatore of Montferrat, William of Baskerville, Michael of Cesena, Malachi of Hildesheim, Ubertino of Casale, Severinus of Sankt Wendel, Venantius of Salvemec, Nicholas of Morimondo, Berengar of Arundel
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Classics, Crime, Historical, Italy, Italian Literature, Historical Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 355202
places: Italy
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: CWA New Blood Dagger, name: إمبيرتو, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Premio Strega, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: PEN Translation Prize
category: William Weaver, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Premio Anghiari, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Premio Il Libro dell'anno, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Prix Médicis Etranger, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: このミステリーがすごい！
category: Best Translated Mystery Novel of the Year in Japan
publisher: Macmillan Audio