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Format:
Book
Title:
The Da Vinci code : a novel
ISBN:
9780385504201
Edition:
First edition.
Publication:
New York : Doubleday, 2003.
Physical Description:
454 pages ; 25 cm
Number in series:
2.
Contents:
"A desperate race through the cathedrals and castles of Europe." -- cover.
Summary:
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 decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret--and an explosive historical truth--will be lost forever.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.4 23.0.
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