It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but Brother William of Baskerville’s investigation is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths.

Umberto Eco: The name of the rose (2005, Vintage)
502 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2005 by Vintage.
Subjects
- Monastic and religious life
- Fiction
- History
- Monastic libraries
- Church history
- Middle Ages
Places
- Italy