The Da Vinci Code http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/Da-Vinci-Code-Dan-Brown/9780552149518

By Dan Brown

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Paperback, 560 pages, New edition Edition

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01 March 2004

Robert Langdon, Harvard Professor of symbology, receives an urgent late-night call while in Paris: the curator of the Louvre has been murdered. Alongside the body is a series of baffling ciphers. Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Da Vinci - and further. The curator, part of a secret society named the Priory of Sion, may have sacrificed his life to keep secret the location of a vastly important religious relic hidden for centuries. It appears that the clandestine Vatican-sanctioned Catholic sect Opus Dei has now made its move. Unless Landon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code and quickly assemble the pieces of the puzzle, the Priory's secret - and a stunning historical truth - will be lost forever.

About the Author

Dan Brown is the bestselling author of Digital Fortress, Angels and Demons and Deception Point. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he has taught English and creative writing. He lives in New England and can be found on the web at www.danbrown.com

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Brown's latest thriller (after Angels and Demons)is an exhaustively researched page-turner about secret religious societies, ancient coverups and savage vengeance. The action kicks off in modern-day Paris with the murder of the Louvre's chief curator, whose body is found laid out in symbolic repose at the foot of the Mona Lisa. Seizing control of the case are Sophie Neveu, a lovely French police cryptologist, and Harvard symbol expert Robert Langdon, reprising his role from Brown's last book. The two find several puzzling codes at the murder scene, all of which form a treasure map to the fabled Holy Grail. As their search moves from France to England, Neveu and Langdon are confounded by two mysterious groups-the legendary Priory of Sion, a nearly 1,000-year-old secret society whose members have included Botticelli and Isaac Newton, and the conservative Catholic organization Opus Dei. Both have their own reasons for wanting to ensure that the Grail isn't found. Brown sometimes ladles out too much religious history at the expense of pacing, and Langdon is a hero in desperate need of more chutzpah. Still, Brown has assembled a whopper of a plot that will please both conspiracy buffs and thriller addicts. (Mar. 18) Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.

When Brown regular Robert Langdon is called in to investigate the murder of a curator at the Louvre, he discovers that the body is surrounded by strange ciphers evidently linked to the paintings of Da Vinci-and a powerful relic protected by the Priory, a secret society to which the artist belonged. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Publisher:	Corgi Books
ISBN:	0552149519
EAN:	9780552149518
Dimensions:	17.0 x 10.0 x 3.0 centimeters (0.32 kg)
Age Range:	15+ years

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3.0 out of 5 based on 89 reviews. 3 of 5 Stars! – Customer review on 05/04/2010

This book created one of the biggest stirs in the Christian community, I had ever seen. It was so berated that I was almost afraid to read it. However after some time, and reading some other Dan Brown novels, I bit the bullet and waded into the fictional story of Da Vinci's secret code.

I found a delightful novel that had suspense, drama and intrigue. Dan Brown has written a novel to lure in the unsuspecting, while making even the staunchest in their faith, re-evaluate what they believe and why.

Do I believe any of it's true? Of course not, but that's why it is listed as a novel. Those who have turned this book into some sort of religious icon, have missed the point and played into a great advertising technique, which has been very effective.

Some of the scenes are quite graphic in their description and I have to admit, I shuddered at some of the self flagellation described in one of the scenes in particular. The thought that people subject themselves to such punishment in the name of religion was hard to fathom.

Great mysteries are alluded to, in this fictional novel and I think that perhaps, there lies its appeal. We long to know the unexplained and the mysterious. So even if it is just a story, we will grab hold of it, trying to find some hidden knowledge.

This is a good read but please bare in mind, it is only a story.