The Da Vinci Code (a 2003 global bestseller, topping the Amazon rankings, a seamless fusion of historical facts and suspense)

Author: Dan Brown
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: 2003's No. 1 Bestseller, Ranked #1 on Amazon, a seamless blend of historical facts and suspense, bringing you an irresistible reading experience! This new work by mystery novelist Dan Brown topped The New York Times Best Seller list just one week after its release in March, quickly dominating Amazon rankings and even ousting the more famous John Grisham from the top spot. As of now, the book's sales have approached 400,000 copies, making it one of the most anticipated bestsellers in the U.S. book market this year. The success of The Da Vinci Code also reflects the recent trend in English literature of "genre-based" mystery and detective novels.
At midnight, the elderly curator of the Louvre Museum was found murdered in the mosaic floor of the Grand Gallery. In his final moments, the curator stripped naked and unmistakably posed his body in the shape of Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting, Vitruvian Man, leaving behind an enigmatic code beside the body. Symbolism expert Robert Langdon and code-breaking genius Sophie Neveu discover a series of clues hidden within Leonardo da Vinci's artworks while organizing a pile of bizarre codes! Langdon suddenly realizes that the curator was actually a member of the Knights Templar—a secret society founded in 1099, whose members include many great figures in Western history, such as Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Leonardo da Vinci! Langdon suspects they are searching for a groundbreaking historical secret—one that is both enlightening and extraordinarily dangerous. Langdon and Neveu engage in a battle of wits with a mysterious mastermind, traveling across Paris and London while constantly being hunted. Unless they can solve this intricate mystery, the secret the Knights Templar are concealing—the shocking ancient truth hidden within it—will forever vanish into the dust of history.