The Da Vinci Code
(Dan Brown)
The best-selling author Dan Brown offers exciting and intelligent pastime in the form of the Da Vinci Code. The director of the Louvre is murdered and found inside the museum in front of Leonardo Da Vinci?s painting. A symbologist, Robert Langdon, comes to help the police, as was arranged by the victim during his last moments of living. It is a conspiracy in its finest form. And that goes without saying when someone like Dan Brown produces such a convincing and refined thriller. The thorough searches at the scenes and precise historical studies in co-operation with Mrs. Blythe, an art historian, make the extensive work a genuine pleasure not only for historians but also for the general public. The symbologist Robert Langdon is on a tight spot. He is the main suspect in the case of Jacques Saunière, the murdered director of the Louvre, and the police captain Bezu Fache tries to nail him down. Saunière had given a clue to Langdon during his final breath strokes. With the help of Sophie Neveu, granddaughter of the murder victim, Langdon succeeds to escape. They both believe that Saunière wanted to give them information about a conspiracy of the Opus Dei and the Catholic Church. In the process of a breathless escape from France to England Langdon and Neveu have to crack tricky codes in order to reveal Saunière?s secret. In the end Saunière emerges as a head master of the secret organization Priory of Sion. They?ve got more than the police on their heels. The events of just one night and one day on 600 exciting pages filled with facts about the Priory of Sion, Opus Dei and many other historical details make one want some more. And as long as you don?t take the story too seriously you will enjoy it very much ? you?ll probably read it within one night and a daily.
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