The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco is historical murder mystery set in a 14th Century Italian Benedictine abbey, following Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and his novice Adso of Melk as they investigate a series of bizarre deaths, uncovering secrets, heresy, political intrigue, and a forbidden Aristotelian book on comedy, all while exploring themes of reason vs. faith and the power of knowledge, culminating in a fiery destruction of the abbey's great library.