Baudolino - Umberto Eco with an unrivalled gift for

with an unrivalled gift for the sheer music of poetry

Among some faces that will be familiar to readers

microscopic examination of loneliness and heartbreak

At the heart of the novel is a concern with experiences that both deepen and deaden existence: adultery and air raids

Translator: Geoffrey Nowell-Smith

Baudolino - Umberto Eco with an unrivalled gift forDiscover the Middle Ages with Baudolino a wondrous, dazzling, beguiling tale of history, myth and invention. It is 1204, and Constantinople is being sacked and burned by the knights of the Fourth Crusade. Amid the carnage and confusion Baudolino saves a Byzantine historian and high court official from certain death at the hands of the crusading warriors, and proceeds to tell his own fantastical story. Original Language: Italian Translator: William