Description: Umberto Eco, Baudolino, first edition, HCDJ 2002, Harcourt Inc. Very Good condition: Cover has minimal wear on corners, pages are clean, free from tears, folds or marks; binding and hinges strong; dust jacket is in excellent condition. “Baudolino, with its richly variegated haul of medieval treasures, remains compulsively readable.” —The New York Times Book ReviewThe author of the international sensation The Name of the Rose returns to the Middle Ages in this beguiling tale of history, myth, and invention.It 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.Born 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.Spurred 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.With dazzling digressions, outrageous tricks, extraordinary feeling, and vicarious reflections on our postmodern age, this is Eco the storyteller at his brilliant best. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE A Century of Christian Leadership Since 1902 when we first opened our doors, The Himmelreich Library has been called "...the finest Christian library of its kind in the United States, and the second largest in the world." Now after a over century of Christian leadership, the library’s directors are re-purposing this unique 19th Century Christian institution as a "Library Without Walls" with worldwide outreach for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. With a growing collection over 11,000 individual titles including Christian books, films, and music, The Himmelreich has reached tens of thousands across Pennsylvania's Susquehanna Valley. Today, The Himmelreich is expanding our mission! Thanks for your purchase of auction items which help us continue to grow as America’s FREE Christian Library. Be part of it! Your donation of books to “The Worldwide Auction For The Himmelreich” will help us reach the world for Christ. Click for more (link): TheHimmelreich.com We are happy to combine shipping when you make multiple purchases. Just send us a note before you pay. Thanks!
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Narrative Type: Fiction
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Edition: First Edition
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Features: Dust Jacket, 1st Ed in USA
Original Language: Italian
Book Title: Baudolino
Number of Pages: 528 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Item Height: 1.7 in
Publication Year: 2002
Topic: Literary, Historical
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 31 Oz
Author: Umberto Eco
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
