#AUTHOR OF THE DA VINCI CODE CODE#
His hodgepodge of fact and fiction irritates me because I am a student of religious history, so I end up continually fact-checking the novel. The Da Vinci Code is the story of renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, who is summoned to the Louvre Museum to examine a series of cryptic symbols relating to Da Vincis artwork. Dan Brown sets up his protagonist as a 'very learned man' who is only stating facts, so fictional statements are given the weight of real authority. I think my main problem with The Da Vinci Code is probably what attracts others to it. The offspring of this union must be protected from the Catholic Church's machinations who see their existence as a threat.įirst impression: The Da Vinci Code isn't my cup o' tea. This popularity created an interest in his earlier novels. (Surprise!) And that he had a family with Mary Magdalene, who (for some reason) is the royal descendant of a goddess-worshiping society. There is a puzzle at the end of the Deception Point novel which generates the message 'The Da Vinci Code will surface.' This is the name of his fourth novel which was published on 2003-MAR-18 and has become an all time best seller. The rest of the plot unfolds with a few twists, more than a few riddles, and the revelation that Jesus Christ did not die. Robert Langdon is a professor of "symbology" at Harvard University. That's when Dan Brown introduces our mild-manner protagonist. In his last moments of life, the curator strips naked and draws a pentagram on his stomach in his own blood. What can be a more seductive tonic of high art, occult religion, nudity, and violence? THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown AUTHOR AUTOGRAPHED HARDCOVER BOOK Dan Brown The Da Vinci Code signed, first edition, first printing, mint, new/unread in a. The curator, Saunière, lies to him, and the mystery man fatally wounds him. A disturbing man breaks into a museum and asks the curator where the holy grail is. Why do people like The Da Vinci Code? It’s because it opens on a mystery.