The "name of rose" is a book with a riddle. At the beginning ХIV century, soon since invented Данте the "Divine comedy", in the heart of Europe, kill reveal in a бенедиктинском monastery. Blood flows, the spheres of skies разверзаются. The train of crimes reproduces not English считалочку, and провозвестия Apocalypse. Detective, certainly, englishman. He reminds Шерлока Холмса, and his young student is doctors of Watson. In a hard construction detective there is a place to the and bright facts of history of middle Ages, and roll-calls with history of ХХ of century, and to the recitals of religious conflicts both rebelling and touching story about love, and to the great number of new riddles, that we, readers, hurry to settle, but a sly author unchanging beats us.Up to a paradoxical and terrible finale.