The Name of the Rose – Umberto Eco

• ‘The Name of the Rose’ by Umberto Eco, published in 1980.
• The year is 1327. Benedictines in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy.
• The learned Franciscan, William of Baskerville, accompanied by a disciple and secretary, the novice Adso of Melk, arrives at an abbey.
• The atmosphere in the monastery is gloomy.
• The abbot turns to William with a request for help in unraveling the mystery of the mysterious death of one of the monks.
• Meanwhile, more murders occur.
• ‘The Name of the Rose’ by Umberto Eco is not only a narrative of a murder investigation but an astonishing chronicle of the Middle Ages.

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