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The Prague Cemetery
Umberto Eco
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Description for The Prague Cemetery
Paperback. 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. Translator(s): Dixon, Richard. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 121 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
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, lies just one man?
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099555971
SKU
V9780099555971
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About 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.
Reviews for The Prague Cemetery
[This] magnificent new novel... marks a return to the heady mixture of absorbing ideas and down-and-dirty historical detail that made The Name of the Rose such an international bestseller in the 1980's
Adam Lively
Sunday Times
This is a great mystery novel about paranoia, prejudice and forgery... We gain access to a world of city streets, strange ... Read more
Adam Lively
Sunday Times
This is a great mystery novel about paranoia, prejudice and forgery... We gain access to a world of city streets, strange ... Read more