Summary
Baudolino: A Medieval Odyssey of Myth and History
An extraordinary epic from a world-class writer, Baudolino is a wondrous, dazzling, and beguiling tale of history, myth, and invention set in the Middle Ages.
It is 1204, and Constantinople is being sacked and burned by the knights of the fourth Crusade. Amid the carnage and confusion, Baudolino saves a Byzantine historian and high court official from certain death at the hands of the crusading warriors and proceeds to tell h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099422396 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099422395 |
| Author: | Umberto Eco |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2003 |
| Weight: | 361g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 30mm |
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A whirlwind of an adventure- and has everything - myths, marvels, monsters, murders, mysteries
A whirlwind of an adventure- and has everything - myths, marvels, monsters, murders, mysteries * Financial Times *Here is the Eco of The Name of the Rose…poised, mischievous and erudite, the fruit of extraordinary knowledge * Washington Post *[Eco] has given us, in the book’s central character, a grand and sympathetic figure in the tradition of Candide and Sancho Panza * Independent on Sunday *Mixing pages of intellectual discussion and exhilarating comedy - further reveals Eco’s practically inexhaustible erudition * Irish Times *A richly entertaining novel * Sunday Times *
About The Author
Umberto Eco
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.
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