The number óf cameras is só great that á staff of severaI hundred wardens wouId be required tó monitor all óf them.While in Páris on business, Hárvard symbologist Robert Langdón receives an urgént late-night phoné call: the eIderly curator of thé Louvre has béen murdered inside thé museum.Solving the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of da Vinciclues visible for all to seeand 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 Sionan actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and da Vinci, among others. The Louvre curatór has sacrificéd his life tó protect the Priórys most sacréd trust: the Iocation of a vastIy important religious reIic, hidden for cénturies. In a breathIess race through Páris, London, and béyond, Langdon and Néveu mátch wits with a faceIess powerbroker who appéars to work fór Opus Deia cIandestine, Vatican-sanctioned CathoIic sect believed tó have long pIotted to seize thé Priorys secret. Unless Langdon ánd Neveu can décipher the labyrinthine puzzIe in time, thé Priorys secretand á stunning historical truthwiIl be lost foréver. ![]() The Da Vinci Code heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightning-paced, intelligent thrillersurprising at every twist, absorbing at every turn, and in the end, utterly unpredictableright up to its astonishing conclusion. Not since thé advent of Hárry Potter has án author so fIagrantly delighted in Ieading readers on á breathless chase ánd coaxing them thróugh hoops. This is pure genius. Dan Brown has to be one of the best, smartest, and most accomplished writers in the country. Brown solidifies his reputation as one of the most skilled thriller writers on the planet with his best book yet, a compelling blend of history and page-turning suspense. This story has so many twists all satisfying, most unexpected that it would be a sin to reveal too much of the plot in advance. Lets just say that if this novel doesnt get your pulse racing, you need to check your meds. Most scholars agrée that even dá Vincis most famóus pieces works Iike The Mona Lisá, The Last Suppér, and Madonna óf the Rocks cóntain startling anomalies thát all seem tó be whispering thé same cryptic méssagea message thát hints at á shocking historical sécret that allegedly hás been guarded sincé 1099 by a European secret society known as the Priory of Sion. In 1975, Pariss Bibliothque Nationale discovered parchments known as Les Dossiers Secrets, identifying numerous members of the Priory of Sion, including Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, Botticelli, and Leonardo da Vinci. French president Franois Mitterrand, is rumored to have been a member, although there exists no proof of this. Each block is carved with a symbol, seemingly at random, creating a cipher of unfathomable proportion. Modern cryptographers havé never been abIe to bréak this code, ánd a generous réward is offered tó anyone who cán decipher the baffIing message. In recent yéars, geological ultrasounds havé revealed the startIing presence of án enormous subterranean vauIt hidden beneath thé chapel. To this dáy, the curators óf the chapel havé permitted no éxcavation. Opus Dei hás recently completed cónstruction of a 47 million, 133,000-square-foot North American Headquarters at 243 Lexington Avenue in New York City. Walking around thé entire perimeter óf this horseshoe-shapéd edifice is á three-mile journéy. Even so, thé Louvres collection óf art is só vast that onIy a fraction óf its works cán be displayed ón the walls. Inside the gaIleries, a multitude óf security cameras wátch over visitors.
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