Baudolino

By Umberto Eco

Subjects: Relatos de aventura, Prester John (Legendary character), Mord, Croisades, Moyen Age, Preste Juan (Personaje legendario), Fiction, historical, Fiction, historical, general, Romans, nouvelles, Crusades, Eroberung von Konstantinopel, Romance fiction, Literatura picaresca, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Italienisch, Middle Ages, Roman, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Edad media, Italian fiction, Ausgabe, Eroberung <1204>, Belletristische Darstellung, Civilisation medievale, Cruzadas, Italian literature, Ficción, Young men, Istanbul (turkey), fiction

Description: Born a simple peasant in northern Italy, Baudolino narrates the story of his life, from his adoption by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and his education in Paris to his arrival in Constantinople during the turmoil of the Fourth Crusade.