The Prague Cemetery
by Eco, Umberto
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- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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Synopsis
Nineteenth-century Europe—from Turin to Prague to Paris—abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. 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. Conspiracies rule history. 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 the world’s most infamous document? Umberto Eco takes his readers on a remarkable journey through the underbelly of world-shattering events. Here is Eco at his most exciting, a book immediately hailed as a masterpiece.
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- Seller
- Bookbid Rare Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1503007
- Title
- The Prague Cemetery
- Author
- Eco, Umberto
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Special Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Date Published
- 2011
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