{"product_id":"baudolino-umberto-eco-9780156029063","title":"Baudolino","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eBaudolino\u003c\/em\u003e, with its richly variegated haul of medieval treasures, remains compulsively readable.\" \u003cem\u003e--The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author of the international sensation \u003cem\u003eThe Name of the Rose \u003c\/em\u003ereturns to the Middle Ages in this beguiling tale of history, myth, and invention.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is April 1204, and Constantinople, the splendid capital of the Byzantine Empire, is being sacked and burned by the knights of the Fourth Crusade. Amid the carnage and confusion, one Baudolino saves a historian and high court official from certain death at the hands of the crusading warriors and proceeds to tell his own fantastical story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn a simple peasant in northern Italy, Baudolino has two major gifts--a talent for learning languages and a skill in telling lies. When still a boy, he meets a foreign commander in the woods, charming him with his quick wit and lively mind. The commander--who proves to be Emperor Frederick Barbarossa--adopts Baudolino and sends him to the university in Paris, where he makes a number of fearless, adventurous friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpurred on by myths and their own reveries, this merry band sets out in search of Prester John, a legendary priest-king said to rule over a vast kingdom in the East--a phantasmagorical land of strange creatures with eyes on their shoulders and mouths on their stomachs, of eunuchs, unicorns, and lovely maidens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith dazzling digressions, outrageous tricks, extraordinary feeling, and vicarious reflections on our postmodern age, this is Eco the storyteller at his brilliant best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Umberto Eco\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0156029065\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156029063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harpervia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.32w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/12\/2003 pg. 24","brand":"Umberto Eco","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051937001727,"sku":"9780156029063","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4436abe9-0e08-4d0d-9396-ca7ae77c19db.jpg?v=1685016062","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/baudolino-umberto-eco-9780156029063","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}