The Da Vinci Code
(Dan Brown)
Dan Brown is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy and his interest in cod-breaking and covert government agencies led him to write his first novel, Digital Fortress. Brown has since been the author of numerous best selling novels, including bestseller, The Da Vinci Code. Having more than 60.5 million copies in print and having been translated into 44 languages, The da Vinci Code is thought to be the seventh best selling book of all time. This spellbinding, high-speed thriller will keep the reader captivated by the endless twists and turns.
This captivating novel of intrigue and mystery is based on the controversial premise that the Catholic Church is at the centre of a conspiracy to hide the true story of Jesus Christ. It tells the story of Harvard Professor of Religious Symbology, Robert Langdon and French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu. The story begins with the murder of renowned curator Jacques Saunière of the Louvre Museum in Paris. Before dying, Saunière draws a pentagram on his stomach in his own blood as well as a cryptic code alongside his body. He then positions himself like Leonardo da Vinci?s famous drawing, the Vitruvian Man. Langdon is called onto the scene by the captain of the CDPJ, to help decipher this series of mystifying codes.
Langdon and Neveu, granddaughter of Saunière then set out to unravel the mystery, exploring some of culture?s greatest obscurities from the Mona Lisa to the Holy Grail. As the riddle begins to take shape, the secret cult of Priory of Sion is illuminated. The Church is caught in a desperate race to silence the Prior of Sion, who has the power to shatter the very foundations of Christianity.
Acclaimed by some as a masterpiece and rejected by others as poorly written and inaccurate, The Da Vinci Code is a mandatory read.
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