The Da Vinci Code
Book 2 of Robert Langdon
Language: English
Cryptographers Fiction Fiction - Espionage General Grail Langdon; Robert (Ficticious character) Leonardo Leonardo - Appreciation Leonardo; Manuscripts Mystery Mystery & Thrillers Mystery fiction Paris (France) Secret societies Suspense Thriller Thrillers da Vinci;
Publisher: Anchor
Published: Mar 18, 2003
Description:
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 deipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret -- and an explosive historical truth -- will be lost forever.