#1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER • 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.
“Blockbuster perfection.... A gleefully erudite suspense novel.” —The New York Times
“A pulse-quickening, brain-teasing adventure.” —People
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.
I really enjoyed this book, although I found it a bit alarming that Mr. Brown seems to believe much of this work of fiction. It was very exciting, and I enjoyed the return of Robert Langdon from Demons and Angels. When all the scandal surrounding this book popped up I watched the movie and could not see what all the fuss was about, but after reading this book I can see where some of it is coming from. While I myself do not feel that there is anything terrible about this books, the details and 'facts' in this book were just close enough to reality to make it easy to confuse fact from fiction, and I can see the problem there. That being said it made for a great read, although I still prefer the first book.
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