Book summaryA sequel to ANGELS & DEMONS, THE DA VINCI CODE starts off with a bang and doesn't quit, leaving the reader gasping to keep up with the twists and turns of this amazingly popular academic thriller. The naked, spread-eagled corpse of a senior curator is found in the Louvre's Grand Gallery, next to a mysterious message written in his blood. The discovery and the subsequent investigation plunge Harvard professor Robert Langdon into the heart of a centuries-old religious conspiracy. Assisted by the brilliant and beautiful Sophie Neveu, a French police cryptologist who also happens to be the curator's granddaughter, Langdon races to gather clues about an ancient goddess-worshipping cult--purportedly once led by Da Vinci himself--whose members hold the key to one of the most sacred legendary objects, the Holy Grail. Meanwhile, the couple must dodge both the police, who believe Langdon guilty of the curator's murder, and an albino assassin from an extremist Catholic sect who is desperate to prevent Langdon and Neveu from uncovering a secret that could rock Christianity to its very foundations. THE DA VINCI CODE is a blockbuster bestseller that has gained legions of fans around the globe; the extremely obsessed can even take a special tour in Paris that points out all the key locations in the storyline. The book also has many detractors who say they have found significant flaws in the religious and historical research upon which it is based. The debate reached such a fever pitch that the Vatican even appointed a Cardinal responsible for refuting the book's claims. The controversy has only increased the book's popularity, producing a whole host of imitators as well as several books and videos purporting either to further explicate or to poke holes in the THE DA VINCI CODE's plot and historical background. Media reviews"In this gleefully erudite suspense novel, Mr. Brown takes the format he has been developing through three earlier novels and fine-tunes it to blockbuster perfection." |
The Da Vinci Code [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]by Brown, DanFirst Edition
Book description: New York: Doubleday, 2003. Black paper covered boards, lettered in gold foil. Elusive stated "First Edition" with full number line ("1" present), "April 2003" on copyright page, and all necessary points: "Lyon" for "Lille" on p. 152; "skitoma" for "scotoma" on p. 243; front dust jacket flap with original U.S. $24.95/Canada $37.95 price centered at top and raised lettering on front panel. As issued. Dust jacket now protected in Brodart sleeve. Pristine copy, with significant future collector potential. 454 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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