The Da Vinci Code

Paperback, 454 pages

English language

Published Dec. 24, 2004 by BCA.

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Harvard professor Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call while on business in Paris: the elderly curator of the Louvre, Jacques Sauni&re, has been brutally murdered inside the museum. Alongside the body, police have found a series of baffling codes. As Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, begin to sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Leonardo Da Vinci — and suggests the answer to a mystery that stretches deep into the vault of history.

Langdon suspects the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion — a centuries-old secret society — and has sacrificed his life to protect the Priory's most sacred trust: the location of an important religious relic hidden for centuries. But it appears that Opus Dei, a clandestine sect that has long plotted to seize the Priory's secret, has now made …

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Review of 'Il codice da Vinci' on 'Goodreads'

I film visti e rivisti ma Il Codice Da Vinci libro mai letto e farlo dopo tanto tempo è la cosa più strana al mondo. Il tempo passa e gli argomenti cambiano quindi certe storie col tempo le comprendi meglio. Ha una trama completamente realistica e posso prenderla come Bibbia reale e migliorata. Non gli riconoscevo l'impronta femminista e rivoluzionistica che queste pagine hanno sempre offerto. È un fantasy, è realistico e... Quanti segreti custodisce Robert Langdon?! Ha una prosa leggermente troppo lunga, aggiunge pensieri ripetitivi dei personaggi ma basta scorrerli velocemente. La leggenda/verità gli fa da padrona e l'ultimo mistero - Sophie - ci sta a pennello (non so quale preferire tra pellicola e libro). Il film ha aggiunto dettagli come la caccia alle streghe e ridotto la fuga di Robert e Sophie in modo perfetto, tutte le scene d'azione prese dalle parole scritte. Felicissima che non abbiano 'unito' …

Review of 'The Da Vinci Code' on 'Goodreads'

Robert Langdon, a Harvard Univ symbologist finds himself in trouble when Sauniere, the curator of the Paris Louvre Museum is found killed under bizarre circumstances and the clues point to him. However, while dying the curator has left some intriguing symbols on his body and in the museum. Why did he do that? What is he trying to convey through them? Finding that might help Langdon to prove his innocence. The French cryptologist Sophie joins him in the quest for learning the same. They find out that the curator was actually the head of a secret society -- Priory Of The Sion. The society is guarding a most elusive historical object, one which could shake the foundations of Christianity itself - The Holy Grail. Langdon and Sophie find themselves in the quest for this object and against the unseen enemy who is bent on destroying this secret to protect itself. …

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