by Umberto Eco
Eco takes his readers here on an unforgettable journey through the underbelly of world-shattering events. This is Eco at his most exciting, a book immediately hailed as his masterpiece.
The Prague Cemetery
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Description
19th-century Europe—from Turin to Prague to Paris—abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. Conspiracies rule history. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian republicans strangle priests with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate Black Masses at night. Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating forgeries, plots, and massacres. From the unification of Italy to the Paris Commune to the Dreyfus Affair to The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Europe is in tumult and everyone needs a scapegoat. But what if, behind all of these conspiracies both real and imagined, lay one lone man? What if that evil genius created its most infamous document?
Additional information
| Book Condition | Used – Okay |
|---|---|
| Cover | Paperback |
| Size | Length: 566 pages |
| Published | July 5th 2012 by Vintage Books (first published October 25th 2010) |
| Genre | Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery |
| Awards | Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee (2012), |
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