Da Vinci Code

Author: Dan Brown (USA), translated by Zhu Zhenwu and others
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: 2003's No. 1 bestseller, topping the Amazon bestseller list! A seamless blend of historical facts and suspense, offering an irresistible reading experience! Dan Brown's new novel topped the New York Times bestseller list just one week after its March 2003 release and quickly dominated the Amazon bestseller list! It even pushed the more famous John Grisham off 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. Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent call in the middle of the night during a business trip to Paris, learning that the elderly director of the Louvre Museum has been murdered inside the museum. A mysterious code is discovered beside his body. Langdon and a highly talented French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, are shocked to find that a series of clues are hidden within Leonardo da Vinci's artworks while organizing a pile of bizarre codes. These clues are clearly visible, yet cleverly concealed by the painter. Langdon is unexpectedly and profoundly shocked to discover that the deceased museum director was a member of the Priory of Sion—a real secret society that includes Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Leonardo da Vinci, which undoubtedly adds to the danger. Langdon feels that they are searching for a groundbreaking historical secret, a secret that has proven both enlightening and perilous for centuries. In this pursuit that spans Paris and London, Langdon and Neveu find themselves in a battle of wits with an unseen mastermind. They must solve this intricate mystery, or the secret of the Priory of Sion, that hidden truth of ancient shocking proportions, will forever fade into the dust of history.