Baudolino

It is April 1204 and Constantinople the capital of the Byzantine Empire isbeing sacked and burned by the knights of the Fourth Crusade. With dazzlingdigressions... » 

It is April 1204 and Constantinople the capital of the Byzantine Empire isbeing sacked and burned by the knights of the Fourth Crusade. With dazzlingdigressions outrageous tricks and vicarious reflections on the postmodernage this is Eco the storyteller at his brilliant best. «