The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy
, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate m
ission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns d
etective.
He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscript
s, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey where extraordinary things are
happening under the cover of night. A spectacular popular and critical success,
"The Name of the Rose" is not only a narrative of a murder investigation but an
astonishing chronicle of the Middle Ages.
