The Prague Cemetery
Paperback Published on: 05/07/2012; Language: English, Italian (Original language of a translated text)
Price: £12.99
Synopsis
Nineteenth-century Europe abounds with conspiracy both ghastly and mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian priests are strangled with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate black masses by night. Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating forgeries, plots, and massacres.
But what if, behind all of these conspiracies, lies just one man?
Publisher information
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9780099555971
- Number of pages: 576
- Dimensions: 199 x 130 x 32 mm
- Weight: 422g
- Languages: English, Italian (Original language of a translated text)
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The Prague Cemetery
I'll be honest, I'm in two minds about this book. It took ages to get into and get my head around who was telling what and what the sequence of events was ... READ MORE
Eco is back to his best...
This book really does have it all, with Eco again displaying a seemingly endless array of information and knowledge from many different fields and epochs.
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The Prague Cemetery
I really struggled with this book. The synopsis promised a really good and entertaining novel, however it did not deliver! I found the writing dull, the st... READ MORE
Historical Hazards
The story tells of a crook with obscure intentions who, according to the author himself, is going to become the "most cynical and nasty character of all Li... READ MORE
Ultimately dull…
It was alright, a bit repetitive, often threatening to become interesting but then not bothering.
Yes, it’s probably very clever, and yes, full of fasc... READ MORE