by Umberto Eco · Bompiani · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788845266225
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Set in the 19th century, between Turin, Palermo and Paris, we find a hysterical Satanist, an abbot who dies twice, some corpses in a Parisian sewer, a Garibaldian named Ippolito Nievo, the false Dreyfus bordereau for the German embassy, the growth of that falsification known as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which will inspire Hitler's extermination camps, Jesuits plotting against Freemasons, Freemasons, Carbonari and Mazzinians strangling priests with their own entrails, an arthritic Garibaldi with crooked legs, the plans of the Piedmontese, French, Prussian and Russian secret services, the massacres in the Paris of the Commune, horrible gatherings for criminals who, among the fumes of absinthe, plan explosions and street revolts, false notaries, mendacious testaments, diabolical brotherhoods and black masses.
With a plot rich in historical details and complex characters, Umberto Eco immerses us in a world of intrigue and conspiracies where truth and lies are masterfully intertwined. 'The Prague Cemetery' is a fascinating novel that explores the dark corners of European history and invites us to reflect on the nature of power and manipulation.
Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory, as well as Foucault's Pendulum, his 1988 novel which touches on the history of occultism and its contemporary interpretation through the new age movement.
