Le Cimetière de Prague

Nineteenth-century Europe abounds with conspiracy both ghastly and mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian priests are strangled with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate black masses by night. Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating forgeries, plots, and massacres. But what if, behind all of these conspiracies, lay just one man?Biographie de l'auteurUmberto Eco (1932–2016) wrote fiction, literary criticism and philosophy. His first novel,The Name of the Rose, was a major international bestseller. His other works includeFoucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, The Prague Cemetery andNumero Zero along with many brilliant collections of essays.Richard Dixon lives and works in Italy. His translations include Umberto Eco’sThe Prague Cemetery and Inventing the Enemy, and Roberto Calasso’sArdor andThe Art of the Publisher. He was one of the translators of Giacomo Leopardi’sZibaldone.