The Da Vinci Code

Zusatztext "Dan Brown has to be one of the best! smartest! and most accomplished writers in the country. THE DA VINCI CODE is many notches above the intelligent thriller; this is pure genius." -NELSON DeMILLE! #1 New York Times bestselling author "Intrigue and menace mingle in one of the finest mysteries I’ve ever read. An amazing tale with enigma piled on secrets stacked on riddles." -CLIVE CUSSLER! #1 New York Times bestseller "Dan Brown is my new must-read.  THE DA VINCI CODE is fascinating and absorbing -- perfect for history buffs! conspiracy nuts! puzzle lovers or anyone who appreciates a great! riveting story.  I loved this book." -HARLAN COBEN! New York Times bestselling author of Tell No One " The Da Vinci Code sets the hook-of-all-hooks! and takes off down a road that is as eye-opening as it is page-turning.  You simply cannot put this book down.  Thriller readers everywhere will soon realize Dan Brown is a master." -VINCE FLYNN! New York Times bestselling author of Separation of Power "I would never have believed that this is my kind of thriller! but I'm going to tell you something--the more I read! the more I had to read. In The Da Vinci Code ! Dan Brown has built a world that is rich in fascinating detail! and I could not get enough of it. Mr. Brown! I am your fan." ROBERT CRAIS! New York Times bestselling author of Hostage Informationen zum Autor Dan Brown is the author of numerous #1 international bestsellers, including Origin, Inferno, The Lost Symbol, The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, Deception Point, and Digital Fortress . Klappentext 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. THE DA VINCI CODE heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightning-paced, intelligent thriller...utterly unpredictable right up to its stunning conclusion.1 Robert Langdon awoke slowly. A telephone was ringing in the darkness--a tinny, unfamiliar ring. He fumbled for the bedside lamp and turned it on. Squinting at his surroundings he saw a plush Renaissance bedroom with Louis XVI furniture, hand-frescoed walls, and a colossal mahogany four-poster bed. Where the hell am I? The jacquard bathrobe hanging on his bedpost bore the monogram: HOTEL RITZ PARIS. Slowly, the fog began to lift. Langdon picked up the receiver. "Hello?" "Monsieur Langdon?" a man's voice said. "I hope I have not awoken you?" Dazed, Langdon looked at the bedside clock. It was 12:32 A.M. He had been asleep only an hour, but he felt like the dead. "This is the concierge, monsieur. I apologize for this intrusion, but you have a visitor. He insists it is urgent." Langdon still felt fuzzy. A visitor ? His eyes focused now on a crumpled flyer on his bedside table. THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PARIS proudly presen...

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Nominated as one of America s best-loved novels by PBS s The Great American Read

"Read the book and be enlightened." The Washington Post Book World

Blockbuster perfection.... A gleefully erudite suspense novel. The New York Times

A pulse-quickening, brain-teasing adventure. People

Thriller writing doesn t get any better than this. The Denver Post

"Dan Brown has to be one of the best, smartest, and most accomplished writers in the country. THE DA VINCI CODE is many notches above the intelligent thriller; this is pure genius."
NELSON DeMILLE, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Intrigue and menace mingle in one of the finest mysteries I ve ever read. An amazing tale with enigma piled on secrets stacked on riddles."
CLIVE CUSSLER, #1 New York Times bestseller

"Dan Brown is my new must-read.  THE DA VINCI CODE is fascinating and absorbing -- perfect for history buffs, conspiracy nuts, puzzle lovers or anyone who appreciates a great, riveting story.  I loved this book."
HARLAN COBEN, New York Times bestselling author of Tell No One

"The Da Vinci Code sets the hook-of-all-hooks, and takes off down a road that is as eye-opening as it is page-turning.  You simply cannot put this book down.  Thriller readers everywhere will soon realize Dan Brown is a master."
VINCE FLYNN, New York Times bestselling author of Separation of Power


"I would never have believed that this is my kind of thriller, but I'm going to tell you something--the more I read, the more I had to read. In The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown has built a world that is rich in fascinating detail, and I could not get enough of it. Mr. Brown, I am your fan."
ROBERT CRAIS, New York Times bestselling author of Hostage

Product details

• Authors: Dan Brown
• Publisher: Doubleday Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.03.2003
• EAN: 9780385504201
• ISBN: 978-0-385-50420-1
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 243 mm x 35 mm
• Series: Robert Langdon; Robert Langdon
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense