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Nineteenth-century Europe, from Turin to Prague to Paris, abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. Conspiracies rule history. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian priests are strangled with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate black masses by night.
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I wanted to love this book, as I love two of Eco's earlier books, but I really struggled with it to such an extent that it was a real chore to finish it.