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| Author: Dan Brown |
- An ingenious code hidden in the works of Leonardo
da Vinci.
- A desperate race through the cathedrals and castles
of Europe.
- An astonishing truth concealed for centuries .
. . unveiled at last.
While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon
is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night.
The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered
inside the museum, his body covered in baffling symbols.
As Langdon and gifted French cryptologist Sophie Neveu
sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned
to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of
Leonardo da Vinci—clues visible for all to see
and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.
Even more startling, the late curator was involved
in the Priory of Sion—a secret society whose
members included Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, and
Da Vinci—and he guarded a breathtaking historical
secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine
puzzle—while avoiding the faceless adversary
who shadows their every move—the explosive, ancient
truth will be lost forever.
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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.
©1997-2005 Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. |
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$14.95 (softcover)
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