<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMwandishi wa Uingereza Iain Pearce, ambaye aliandika kitabu chake cha The Name of the Rose cha Umberto Eco, alitoa maoni yake juu ya suala hili.  <response>: British journalist Iain Pears best-selling murder mystery, set in 17 th century England, is compared to Umberto Ecos The Name of the Rose . Pears uses the thriller as an occasion to wax philosophical, meditating on scientific method and political liberalism. 