THE DA VINCI CODE

Author: Dan Brown
Publisher: China Book Company
Publication Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Imported English original edition. Its print run has exceeded 5 million copies. In the first week of its release, it achieved unprecedented success, ranking on the New York Times bestseller list, ranking on the Wall Street Journal, ranking on Publishers Weekly, and ranking on the San Francisco Chronicle. Since its publication, it has topped all major bestseller lists in the United States and is being translated into 35 languages. The Da Vinci Code breaks the traditional mold of suspense novels, with a brisk pace, witty language, intricate plot, and detailed research. From the gripping opening to the unexpected and brilliant ending, best-selling author Dan Brown proves himself to be a master storyteller. It is a scholarly and suspenseful novel set in the grand halls of the Louvre. Dan Brown describes a life philosophy with dark humor in the novel and offers unique critiques of the classic artworks in the Louvre collection through the protagonist's voice, along with interesting introductions to the artists who created them. This book is a prime example of a thriller combined with intellectual puzzle-solving. Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent call one midnight 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 a series of clues hidden within Leonardo da Vinci's artworks while organizing a pile of bizarre codes. These clues are clearly visible, yet cleverly concealed by the artist. Langdon is unexpectedly and shockingly revealed 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 risk. Langdon feels that they are searching for a groundbreaking historical secret, a secret that has proven both enlightening and dangerous over centuries. In this pursuit that spans Paris and London, Langdon and Neveu discover they are engaged in a battle of wits with an unseen mastermind. They must solve this complex puzzle, or the secret of the Priory of Sion, that hidden for years and has long been a shocking truth lost in the dust of history, will forever vanish.