The island of the day before / Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by William Weaver.
| Author/creator | Eco, Umberto |
| Other author | Weaver, William, 1923-2013. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st U.S. ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Harcourt Brace & Co., ©1995. |
| Description | 515 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Isola del giorno prima. English |
| Abstract | A 17th Century Italian knight recounts his adventures during a siege in the Thirty Years' War and afterwards in naval espionage against the British. In between, he describes the salons of Paris, lessons in fencing and reasons of state, and gives his thoughts on writing love letters and on blasphemy. |
| General note | "A Helen and Kurt Wolff book." |
| LCCN | 95007594 |
| ISBN | 0151001510 |