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Umberto Eco: The Name of the Rose (Paperback, 1984, Pan Books Ltd)

It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but …

Ohhhhh that was good. It was just the sort of densely historically immersive, intriguingly and opaquely mysterious, beautifully and musingly poetic sort of thing I really needed after lots of quick, fun reads. Just as excellent as I'd expected it to be.