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Questions about the novel 'Foucault's Pendulum' (1988) by Italian author Umberto Eco. Should be tagged with [umberto-eco] and [italian-language].
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In Foucault's Pendulum, which names are allusions to the real world, and which are not?
Colonel Ardenti... well, Ardenti comes from the verb Ardire (to dare) which was also the motto of many die hard, violent, and ultra-fanatic fascists in World War I. In the book, Colonel Ardenti is obv …