num_pages: 504
description: Librarian note: Older edition of 9780099466031.The year is 1327. Franciscans 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. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey where extraordinary things are happening under the over of night. A spectacular popular and critical success, The Name of the Rose is not only a narrative of a murder investigation but an astonishing chronicle of the Middle Ages.
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: 355235
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: Vintage Books