The Da Vinci Code
Featuring Robert Langdon
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- USD 7.99
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- USD 7.99
Publisher Description
DISCOVER THE #1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLING PHENOMENON, WITH MORE THAN 85 MILLION COPIES SOLD—AND DON’T MISS DAN BROWN’S NEW THRILLER, THE SECRET OF SECRETS!
“Blockbuster perfection . . . a gleefully erudite suspense novel.” —The New York Times
“A pulse-quickening, brain-teasing adventure.” —People
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.
Look for more Robert Langdon novels:
The Lost Symbol
Inferno
Origin
The Secret of Secrets
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
When a museum curator is found dead, Harvard professor Robert Langdon teams up with the victim’s daughter, cryptologist Sophie Neveu, to unravel a series of clues hidden in iconic works of art. What they uncover could rewrite the entire history of Western civilization—and it puts them in the crosshairs of some extremely powerful enemies. It’s easy to see why Dan Brown’s globe-trotting caper became one of the best-selling novels of all time. The twist-filled plot races along on a pulse-pounding journey across Europe and through centuries of secret history, while Langdon and Sophie ground the action with heart and intelligence. This head-spinning, high-stakes thriller still holds up.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
What if Jesus Christ had a tryst with Mary Magdalene, and the interlude produced a child? Such a possibility yielding a so-called royal bloodline provides the framework for Brown's latest thriller (after Angels and Demons), 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, where proof of the Jesus bloodline supposedly can be found. 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.
