by Umberto Eco · Lumen · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422691082
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«Baudolino» is the historical novel by Umberto Eco, published by Lumen in hardcover (507 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Baudolino, an imaginative and lying peasant who captivates Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and becomes his adopted son. His inventions give rise to the letter of the mythical Prester John, driving a crusade toward legendary lands in search of the Holy Grail, populated by wondrous beings.
This Spanish edition was published in 2001; the work was awarded the Prix Méditerranée Étranger in 2002.
For readers of historical and fantasy fiction who enjoy medieval adventures, erudition, and Umberto Eco's humor.
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.
