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Baudolino

Umberto Eco

Born a simple peasant in northern Italy, Baudolino, a young man with a gift for languages and a talent for lying, narrates the story of his life, from his meeting with and adoption by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, his education in Paris, his and his companions' search for the legendary priest-king P...

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It was mentioned as a fictional work with historical truths about the Assassins, describing the 'paradise' they offered followers.

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And this is mentioned in Bodilino which is a fiction but yeah, you know with some historical truths peppered in there.

— Episode: CLASSIC: Is the Military on Drugs?

Episode: CLASSIC: Is the Military on Drugs?

It was mentioned as a fictional work with historical truths about the Assassins, describing the 'paradise' they offered followers.

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And this is mentioned in Bodilino which is a fiction but yeah, you know with some historical truths peppered in there.

Bodilino is by a Nauther named Umberto Echo and it's about this guy who's just an absolute dirtbag but he rises to fame and examines some of the way that a grain of truth would give rise to an entire world of rumors and lies but one of the things they do mention in that book is the paradise of the assassins where there's a character who says you know I saw these guys saying they went to paradise but what they were doing was just sort of standing there in chains doped up.

Episode: CLASSIC: Is the Military on Drugs?

It was mentioned as a fictional book with historical truths woven into the narrative, that also described the paradise of the assassins.

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And this is mentioned in Bodilino which is a fiction but yeah, you know with some historical truths peppered in there.

Episode: CLASSIC: Is the Military on Drugs?

It was mentioned as a fictional book that included historical truths related to the Assassins, including their use of hashish to manipulate their followers.

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And this is mentioned in Bodilino which is a fiction but yeah, you know with some historical truths peppered in there.

Bodilino is by a Nauther named Umberto Echo and it's about this guy who's just an absolute dirtbag but he rises to fame and examines some of the way that a grain of truth would give rise to an entire world of rumors and lies but one of the things they do mention in that book is the paradise of the assassins where there's a character who says you know I saw these guys saying they went to paradise but what they were doing was just sort of standing there in chains doped up.

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