“Explodes with pyrotechnic inventions literally as well as figuratively. Hold on till the
end.”— New York Times “Unforgettable” — R. F. Kuang #1 New York Times bestselling author of
Babel and Yellowface “Whether you're into Sherlock Holmes Montaillou Borges the nouvelle
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you'll love it. Who can that miss out?”— Sunday Times (London) Now available in a deluxe
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the beloved internationally bestselling historical mystery about a brilliant monk called upon
to solve a series of baffling murders in a fourteenth-century Italian abbey. Italy 1347. While
Brother William of Baskerville is investigating accusations of heresy at a wealthy abbey his
inquiries are disrupted by a series of bizarre deaths. Turning his practiced detective skills
to finding the killer he relies on logic (Aristotle) theology (Thomas Aquinas) empirical
insights (Roger Bacon) and his own wry humor and ferocious curiosity. With the aid of his
young apprentice William scours the abbey from its stables to the labyrinthine library
piecing together evidence and deciphering cryptic symbols and coded manuscripts to uncover the
truth about this place where "the most interesting things happen at night." First published in
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