Focault's Pendulum

by Umberto Eco

William Weaver (Translator)

• ISBN10: 0345418271
• ISBN13: 9780345418272
• Publish Date: 23 June 1997 (first published 16 October 1989)
• Publish Status: Unknown
• Out of Print: 15 September 2009
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Imprint: Ballantine Books Inc.
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 656
• Language: English

Reviews

[Michael @ Knowledge Lost]

Foucault’s Pendulum may not be for everyone and I will try not to give away any of the story. Personally, I really enjoyed the way it was written. I went into the book knowing it was about Secret Societies and conspiracy theories, but as I kept reading the book, I started to think it was real. I had to snap myself out of this thought process. The story follows a group of publishers who started deconstructing and analysing what they knew about the Templers, eventually they were drawing connections to other secret societies like the Rosicrucians, the Freemasons & the Jesuits. I don’t know how much of the information was real, but this book was written in such a way that you may get sucked in. It definitely isn’t a book for everyone, it is very content heavy, but well worth the read if you have any interest in the topic.