Secrets of Angels and Demons

I thought I'd read his while re-watching Angels & Demons (2009) for flavor and context. Here's a breezy overview of explaining the sources of Brown's historical elements around the Illuminati as well as the Catholic Church and Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Interesting and relevant, the historical facts are told by a variety of experts and the different voices keep it engaging. There's even a couple of nice summary lines from Neil deGrasse Tyson about appreciating what Brown "got right" while enjoying the work of fiction for the work of entertainment that it is.

The "Masons" part is a summary of the conspiracy theories around that secretive fraternal organization and an overview of its actual history. It's added on because it show more appears the belief was Brown was going to move onto them after the Illuminati. (Maybe that happened, I don't know.)

Merged review:

I thought I'd read his while re-watching Angels & Demons (2009) for flavor and context. Here's a breezy overview of explaining the sources of Brown's historical elements around the Illuminati as well as the Catholic Church and Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Interesting and relevant, the historical facts are told by a variety of experts and the different voices keep it engaging. There's even a couple of nice summary lines from Neil deGrasse Tyson about appreciating what Brown "got right" while enjoying the work of fiction for the work of entertainment that it is.

The "Masons" part is a summary of the conspiracy theories around that secretive fraternal organization and an overview of its actual history. It's added on because it appears the belief was Brown was going to move onto them after the Illuminati. (Maybe that happened, I don't know.) show less