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The Da Vinci Code

By Dan Brown

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| Paperback | 9780552149518

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While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. Solving the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads toContinue

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. Solving the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci…clues visible for all to see…and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion—an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others. The Louvre curator has sacrificed his life to protect the Priory's most sacred trust: the location of a vastly important religious relic, hidden for centuries.

In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who appears to work for Opus Dei—a clandestine, Vatican-sanctioned Catholic sect believed to have long plotted to seize the Priory's secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's secret—and a stunning historical truth—will be lost forever.

In an exhilarating blend of relentless adventure, scholarly intrigue, and cutting wit, symbologist Robert Langdon (first introduced in Dan Brown's bestselling Angels & Demons) is the most original character to appear in years. THE DA VINCI CODE heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightening-paced, intelligent thriller…surprising at every twist, absorbing at every turn, and in the end, utterly unpredictable…right up to its astonishing conclusion.

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    Aside from the questionable theological and historical work, this is a fairly average to low-grade mystery novel. I suspect that the only reason that it has become so popular is due to its controversial topic.

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    ― Netopalis said on Apr 29, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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    Frustrating

    The clues were sad.
    The sky is blue-blue jays fly-flying planes crash-your aunt is living in your basement....

    Also, a lot of false endings/resolutions left me annoyed.
    We found the answer-the answer is in this volatile container-we can't open this-wait a clue!

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    ― JonnieBean said on Dec 30, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • A really good page turner. I could not let go of this book, always wanted to know what came next. The suspense will grab you. Quite a fascinating story with lots of interesting facts I didn't know, others I simply don't believe. The author was very smart to put it all together and come with a truly ... (continue)

    A really good page turner. I could not let go of this book, always wanted to know what came next. The suspense will grab you. Quite a fascinating story with lots of interesting facts I didn't know, others I simply don't believe. The author was very smart to put it all together and come with a truly ingenious piece of work.

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    ― VeraHuff said on Oct 3, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • I read this non-stop for two days. It's quite a thrill.
    I was so disappointed by the movie.

    Angels and Demons is a better book and, I sincerely hope, will be a much better movie.

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    ― TaraS said on Jan 20, 2009 about the Audio Cassette edition | Add your feedback

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