Baudolino. - Umberto Eco
KORTE INHOUD
Baudolino begins in 1204. Baudolino (short for Baudolino of Alessandria) ventures to Constantinople, unaware of its recent developments: the city has been ravaged in the course of the Fourth Crusade. Baudolino meets the Greek Byzantine official Niketas Choniates and saves his life. Niketas is impressed by Baudolino’s almost supernatural command of many languages, several of which he has never heard. He asks Baudolino how he knows so many languages and demands to know whether he is part of the crusade. In response, Baudolino tells him his whole life story.
Baudolino begins with the year 1155 when he was a peasant child in Italy. Due to his wit and many talents, he was noticed and adopted by the emperor Frederick I. Frederick ensured that Baudolino received the best possible education and physical training. He was especially interested in northern Italy’s rich history of war and later traveled to Paris to become an academic. Once there, he befriended a number of famous, eccentric figures, including Robert de Bor...
Baudolino begins with the year 1155 when he was a peasant child in Italy. Due to his wit and many talents, he was noticed and adopted by the emperor Frederick I. Frederick ensured that Baudolino received the best possible education and physical training. He was especially interested in northern Italy’s rich history of war and later traveled to Paris to become an academic. Once there, he befriended a number of famous, eccentric figures, including Robert de Bor...
