The year is 1327 Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy & Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths Brother William turns detective He collects evidence deciphers secret symbols & coded manuscripts & digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey where extraordinary things are happening under the over of night A spectacular popular & critical success The Name of the Rose is not only a narrative of a murder investigation but an astonishing chronicle of the Middle Ages