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The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
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The Da Vinci Code (original 2003; edition 2006)

by Dan Brown

Series: Robert Langdon (2)

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While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci--clues visible for all to see--yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion--an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others. In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret--and an explosive historical truth--will be lost forever.… (more)
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Title:The Da Vinci Code
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Info:Random House Large Print (2006), Paperback, 752 pages
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The Da Vinci Code by Dan BROWN (2003)

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Un libro que se atreve con todo y sobre todo a contar algunos de los misterios más enigmáticos de la historia de la religión. Temática muy policiaca a la vez que de investigación- ( )
  diegocorral | Mar 14, 2024 |
Very good book. Very similar to the movie. ( )
  Cathie_Dyer | Feb 29, 2024 |
Very fun. That's about as much value as it has. I get a kick out of how Brown writes like the pagan origins of Christianity are this big secret. No duh! He clearly hasn't visited the Vatican...;-) ( )
  chailatte | Feb 5, 2024 |
Pretty good mystery. This book has been on NY Times best seller list for months and people rave about it being a book they can't put down. I enjoyed it but found it to be OK but not great. Story a little implausible and akin to SF.
  derailer | Jan 25, 2024 |
O Código Da Vinci vem fascinando milhões de leitores ao redor do mundo com sua envolvente trama policial entremeada com informações sobre arte, religião e rituais secretos.
Com 160 ilustrações e impressão colorida, esta edição especial reproduz os símbolos, obras de arte, monumentos arquitetônicos e localidades históricas citados ao longo do livro.
Dos segredos ocultos na Mona Lisa e na Última Ceia aos símbolos do antigo Egito e a marcos de referência como o Louvre e a Capela Rosslyn, as imagens reunidas aqui vão lançar novas luzes e suscitar outros questionamentos sobre o romance de Dan Brown, tornando sua leitura ainda mais fascinante.
  EdilsonLopesSilva | Jan 3, 2024 |
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Whenever I read a 454 page book in one sitting, it's probably a safe bet for me to think that other people will like the book. Not that my criteria for excellence necessarily matches that of the literary masses -- but the words "breakout thriller" certainly apply here. Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code is going to make publishing history. Trust me. There are already tables at the local Barnes & Nobles featuring books about the Freemasons, biographies of Leonardo Da Vinci, guidebooks to the Louvre and Renaissance art, all centered around Brown's book. And the book has been out less than two weeks.
 
The word for ''The Da Vinci Code'' is a rare invertible palindrome. Rotated 180 degrees on a horizontal axis so that it is upside down, it denotes the maternal essence that is sometimes linked to the sport of soccer. Read right side up, it concisely conveys the kind of extreme enthusiasm with which this riddle-filled, code-breaking, exhilaratingly brainy thriller can be recommended.

That word is wow.
 
...Brown's pacing doesn't leave too much time for questions. From the explosive start to the explosive finish, The Da Vinci Code is one satisfying thriller. I see movie rights being sold already. Pick this one up on a long flight home and you'll never know where the time went.
added by vibesandall | editMostlyFiction, Poornima Apte (Mar 16, 2003)
 
I would never have believed that this is my kind of thriller, but I'm going to tell you something--the more I read, the more I had to read. In The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown has built a world that is rich in fascinating detail, and I could not get enough of it. Mr. Brown, I am your fan.
added by vibesandall | editROBERT CRAIS, New York Times bestselling author of Hostage
 
The Da Vinci Code sets the hook-of-all-hooks, and takes off down a road that is as eye-opening as it is page-turning. You simply cannot put this book down. Thriller readers everywhere will soon realize Dan Brown is a master.
added by vibesandall | editVINCE FLYNN, New York Times bestselling author of Separation of Power
 

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BROWN, Danprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Biström, PirkkoTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Correia, Mário DiasTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Estrella, JuanjoTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Falck-Cook, Celina CavalcanteTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Klingberg, OlaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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For Blythe... again. More than ever.
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Robert Langdon awoke slowly.
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Sophie: "I thought Constantine was a Christian"
Bezu: "Did you approve?" (about the Louvre Pyramid)

Robert: "Yes, your pyramid is magnificent."

Bezu: (grunt) "A scar on the face of Paris."
Robert: "We're on a Grail quest, Sophie. Who better to help us than a knight?" (about Leigh)
Leigh: "Those who seek the truth are more than friends. They are brothers."
A cryptex works much like a bicycle's combination lock ... any information to be inserted is written on a papyrus scroll ... rolled around a delicate glass vial of liquid ... vinegar ... If someone attempted to force open the cryptex, the glass vial would break, and the vinegar would quickly dissolve the papyrus. By the time anyone extracted the secret message, it would be a glob of meaningless pulp.
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While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci--clues visible for all to see--yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion--an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others. In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret--and an explosive historical truth--will be lost forever.

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