The Da Vinci Code 2003
By Dan Brown
- Suspense & Thriller, Spiritual Fiction, hieros gamos, Priory of Sion
The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown. It is Brown's second novel to include the character Robert Langdon: the first was his 2000 novel Angels & Demons. The Da Vinci Code follows "symbologist" Robert Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu after a murder in the Louvre Museum in Paris causes them to become involved in a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene having had a child together.
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Classical in form, grave, unpretentious and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Dan Brown
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 489
- Publisher
- Planeta, Shanghai ren min chu ban she, Wf Howes
- Editions
- 203
- Language
- rum, gre, Polish, lit
- ISBN
- 9789051088472
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“Robert Langdon awoke slowly.”
Dan Brown is an American author of thriller fiction, best known for the 2003 bestselling novel, *The Da Vinci Code*. Brown's novels, which are treasure hunts set in a 24-hour time period, feature the recurring themes of cryptography, keys, symbols, codes, and conspiracy theories. His books have been translated into over 40 languages, and as of 2009, sold over 80 million copies. Brown's novels that feature the lead character Robert Langdon also include historical themes and Christianity as recurring motifs, and as a result, have generated controversy. Brown states on his website that his books are not anti-Christian, though he is on a 'constant spiritual journey' himself, and says of his book
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