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Bored with their work, three Milanese editors cook up "the Plan," a hoax that connects the medieval Knights Templar with other occult groups from ancient to modern times. This produces a map indicating the geographical point from which all the powers of the earth can be controlled—a point... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Casaubon: The narrator. He had been a student in 1970s Milan, working on a thesis on the history of the Knights Templar while taking in the revolutionary and counter-revolutionary activities of the students around him.
- Belbo: An editor in a publishing house.
- Diotallevi: A cabalist.
- Aglie: Literary metaphysicist
- Lorenza Pellegrini: Add a description of this character.
- Signor Garamond
- Amparo
- Bramanti
- Manutius
- Jacopo Belbo
- Dr. Wagner
- Cecilia
- Don Tico
- Dr. Dee
- Madame Olcott
- Riccardo
- Gudrun
- Postel
- Rakosky
- Sophia
- Templar
- Canepa
- Kelley
- John
- Luciano
- William
- Bacon
- De Angelis
- Simon
- Comte De Saint-germain
- Hitler
- Khunrath
- Ingo If
- Pierre
- Saint Bernard
- Johann Valentin Andreae
- Fama
- Cagliostro
- De Gubernatis
- Kircher
- Ardenti
Setting & Locations edit
- Paris
- France
- Provins
- Europe
- Jerusalem
- Abulafia
- London
- England
- Germany
- Milan
- Brazil
- Agarttha
- Egypt
- Russia
- Prague
- Italy
- Chartres
- Rome
- Palestine
- Bologna
- Florence
- Scotland
- Salon
- Moscow
- Temple
- Portugal
- Great White Fraternity
- Africa
- Avalon
- New York
- Rio
- Spain
- Mountain
- Troyes
- Turin
- Piedmont
- Holy Land
- Bahia
- Trithemius
- Heidelberg
- Saint-martin
- Uncle Carlo
- Stonehenge
- Beast
- Pilade
- Alamut
- Tomar
- India
- Bavaria
- Munich
Organizations edit
First Sentence edit
That was when I saw the Pendulum.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 200 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Cat's Eye, and followed by The Beautiful Room Is Empty.
This is book 67 of 96 in The Art of Manliness' Essential Man’s Library. (authoritative list)
Preceded by A Confederacy of Dunces, and followed by The Great Railway Bazaar.
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This book is in 100 Fantabulous Book Challenge. (community list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Italian
Publisher: Secker & Warburg
Country: England
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0436140969
Page Count: 520
Publisher: Secker & Warburg
Country: England
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0436140969
Page Count: 520
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 853.914
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