Beschreibung
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.
Autorenportrait
Umberto Eco(19322016) wrote fiction, literary criticism and philosophy. His first novel,The Name of the Rose, was a major international bestseller. His other works includeFoucault's Pendulum,The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino,The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, The Prague CemeteryandNumero Zeroalong with many brilliant collections of essays.
Schlagzeile
'A totally compelling journey into a lost world - a masterpiece' Sunday Telegraph
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