Baudolino: A Novel [FIRST U.S. EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
Eco, Umberto
Verkäufer Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, USA
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AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 20. März 2019
Verkäufer Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 20. März 2019
Beschreibung
Fine unread condition blue board with copper spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Umberto Eco and Translator's Note. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. FIRST U.S. EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. "A fantastical narrative . historical fiction at its best: smart, enrapturing, and authentic." - Booklist (starred). "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 magical 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. This is Eco the storyteller at his brilliant best." - from the inner front jacket flap. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 005240
Bibliografische Details
Titel: Baudolino: A Novel [FIRST U.S. EDITION, ...
Verlag: Harcourt, Inc., New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Fine
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine
Auflage: 1st Edition
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