Umberto Eco,Richard Dixon,HelinÃ¤ Kangas
 , 19th-century Europeâ€”from Turin to Prague to Parisâ€”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,Â lay one lone man? What ifÂ that evil genius created its mostÂ infamous document?ã€€ ,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. ã€€
Fiction,Historical,Historical Fiction,Mystery,Literature,Historical,European Literature,Italian Literature,Novels,Cultural,Italy,Unfinished,Contemporary
The Prague Cemetery