The Da Vinci Code
(Dan Brown)
Write your abstract here. Dan Brown skillfully takes us down a rabbithole that involves some of Western history's oldest questions. It is a fast-paced story on the search for the Holy Grail, which is found at the end of the book, to the reader's surprise. He interweaves historical and mythical information on the Templar knights, the Rosicrucian society and the Opus Dei, the ultra-conservative branch of the Catholic Church. It all begins with a murder at the Louvre Museum by an Albino Monk who wants a secret piece of information that dates to the middle ages. When the police discovered the dead body with symbols he scribbled on himself right before he died, they called an expert in symbolism who then takes center stage in the unfolding of this drama. Like Umberto Eco in previous times, Brown brings historical information on occult practices and beliefs that have long been source of secret meetings and the real reason for the beginning of many wars. In the Da Vinci Code Brown also introduces many ways of looking at Leonardo Da Vinci's work. Leonardo was a high ranking member of a secret society that was in direct opposition to the Catholic Church and many of his paintings reflect hidden meanings. According to their tradition, the grail is the living line of descendants from Jesus who survived through Mary Magdalene, Jesus' wife. The Da Vinci Code stresses the importance of the femenine and the struggle the Catholic Church has waged to destroy the femenine in the sacred and any trace of Mary Magdalene's importance. The plot unfolds in many well known religious sites in Europe incorporating famous paintings and sculptures that are revealed as having hidden meanings. There are chases, murders, burglaries and a high level of action that keeps the reader interested throughout the whole book.
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