It is the year 1204, April 14, to be exact. Constantinople is getting sacked (once again). Niketas, the court historian, is cornered in St. Sophia by two barbarians. Suddenly Baudolino appears. In ...
Fiction: For Umerto Eco, the literary and the popular are not mutually exclusive and his latest novel, Baudolino is an example… Fiction: For Umerto Eco, the literary and the popular are not mutually ...
Houston Chronicle: Umberto Eco's "Baudolino" encourages readers to question fact from fiction
Born to a poor family in northern Italy, Baudolino's saga begins early in the 12th century when he accidentally encounters Emperor Frederic — known to the Italians as Barbarossa (red beard) — who has ...