The Da Vinci Code
By: Dan Brown
Publisher: Double Day
Recently I got to lay my hands on the much talked about book The Da Vinci code.
The first thing about the book is that the story from the start is very gripping in nature and not for one moment while reading the book did I feel lost out or bored. What I like about Dan Brown is that he writes small chapters and that repeats with The Da Vinci Code. What this does is makes you read a few more pages and then a few more, because you feel that it’s a few more pages to end the chapter and so the next one. This coupled along with an intriguing story makes a deadly combination.
Here is a little list of the main characters in the story:
Jacques Sauniere: Curator Louvre Museum
Robert Langdon: Professor of Religious symbology , Harvard University
Agent Sophie Neveu: Department of Cryptography
Captain Bezu Fache: French Police
Opus Dei: Conservative Catholic congregation, established in 1928 which literally means God’s work
Bishop Manuel Aringarosa: Head of Opus Dei
Silas: member of Opus Dei
Sir Leigh Teabing: A British citizen who was knighted, is an historian and the owner of Chateau Villete in the suburbs of France.
Remy Legaludec: Sir Teabing’s Butler
At the start of the story the book features a page, with the heading FACT. It says a few things and then it mentions-
“All the description of artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals in the novel are accurate”.
This is quite similar to rest of Dan Brown’s novel but the matter inside is striking. It might be unacceptable to Christians but when you hear the author explaining the matter he has put forward you might be start looking at the possibility that it might be actually true.
The back of the book says this –
“While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body and the floor around him covered in baffling symbols. As Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist Sophie Neveu, sor through bizarre riddles, they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo Da Vinci – clues visible for all to see & yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.
Even more starting, the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion – an actual secret society whose members including Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo & Da Vinci , among others – and he guarded a breath taking historical secret. Unless Langdon & Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle – while avoiding the faceless adversary who shadows their every move – the explosive, ancient truth will be lost forever.”
I guess saying more than a word about the story will be injustice to such a marvelous book & talented author. If you like to read fiction you should go for the Da Vinci code. It’s a must read.
Score 9/10
Thankyou for reading
With Warm Regards
Anurag Singh
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