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. While Working To Solve 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 -- 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.
in A Breathless Race Through Paris, London, And Beyond, Langdon And Neveu Match Wits With A Faceless Powerbroker Who Seems To Anticipate Their Every Move. Unless Langdon And Neveu Can Decipher The Labyrinthine Puzzle In Time, The Priory's Ancient Secret -- And An Explosive Historical Truth -- Will Be Lost Forever.
the Da Vinci Code Heralds The Arrival Of A New Breed Of Lightening-paced, Intelligent Thriller…utterly Unpredictable Right Up To Its Stunning Conclusion.
the Boston Globe - Jim Fusilli
the Da Vinci Code Is A Dazzling Performance By Brown, A Delightful Display Of Erudition. Though His Mini-lectures Sometimes Hijack The Narrative, They're Necessary To Keep Us Informed And Occasionally Permit Us To Try To Unravel Puzzles With Langdon And Neveu. Brown Delivers A Crackling, Intricate Mystery, Complete With Breathtaking Escapes And Several Stunning Surprises. It's Challenging, Exciting, And A Whole Lot More.
Categories:
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science Fiction
- Crime & Mystery
- Science Fiction
Publisher : Doubleday
Author : Brown, Dan
Language : English
Edition : Collectors, Illustrated
Published :2004-11-02
Number Of Pages : 480
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0385513755
ISBN-13 : 9780385513753
Item weight : 3.51 lb
Dimensions : 1.3 in x 8.39 in x 10.28 in
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