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
Edition1st U.S. ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Harcourt Brace & Co., ©1995.
Description515 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleIsola 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
ISBN0151001510