Eco fuses historical events of the 11th century--told by a survivor from Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire sacked by knights of the Fourth Crusade--with myths and fables, juicy romance, real political issues, and deep questions of faith.

Umberto Eco, author of The Name of the Rose, speaks about his latest book, Baudolino.

One Colonel Ardenti, who has unnaturally black, brilliantined hair, a carefully groomed mustache, wears maroon socks, and who once...

After a violent storm in the South Pacific in the year 1643, Roberto della Griva finds himself shipwrecked - on a ship. Swept from...

Yambo, a sixtyish rare book dealer who lives in Milan, has suffered a loss of memory--he can remember the plot of every book he has ever read, every line of poetry, but he no longer knows his own name…

The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate...

Watch as author and scholar Umberto Eco joins fans at our Union Square store in New York to discuss Turning Back the Clock, his brilliant collection of reflective essays.