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The Name of the Rose

(1980)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
1984 Edgar Award for Best Novel (nominee)
1983 John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger (shortlist)
1983 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (nominee)

Set in Italy in the Middle Ages, this is not only a narrative of a murder investigation in a monastery in 1327, but also a chronicle of the 14th century religious wars, a history of monastic orders, and a compendium of heretical movements.


Genre: Historical

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