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Baudolino
Umberto Eco
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Description for Baudolino
paperback. It is April 1204, and Constantinople, the splendid capital of the Byzantine Empire, is being sacked and burned by the knights of the Fourth Crusade. Amid the carnage and confusion, one Baudolino saves a Byzantine historian and high court official from certain death at the hands of the crusading warriors, and proceeds to tell his own story. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 368.
An extraordinary epic, brilliantly-imagined, new novel from a world-class writer and author of The Name of the Rose. Discover the Middle Ages with Baudolino - a wondrous, dazzling, beguiling tale of history, myth and invention.
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 his own fantastical story.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099422396
SKU
9780099422396
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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 Baudolino
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more