The Da Vinci Code
A murder inside the louvre and clues in da vinci paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years which could shake the foundations of christianity.
The da vinci code. The da vinci code is a novel by dan brown that has held one of the top two or three places on best seller lists since early summer. Mary magdalene and jesus descendants were the holy grail that carries the blood of christ. The da vinci code is a 2006 american mystery thriller film directed by ron howard written by akiva goldsman and based on dan brown s 2003 best selling novel of the same name. Pick the da vinci code up borrow it get the illustrated version it s the best version see photos but read this book if you haven t already.
The first was his 2000 novel angels demons. The film featured tom hanks as robert langdon a professor of symbology and audrey tautou as french police inspector sophie neveu. The first in the robert langdon film series the film stars tom hanks audrey tautou sir ian mckellen alfred molina jürgen prochnow jean reno and paul bettany. In brown s novel the da vinci code refers to cryptic messages supposedly incorporated by leonardo da vinci into his artwork.
Now over 40 million are in print. It is brown s second novel to include the character robert langdon. The da vinci code 2006 the da vinci code. The da vinci code is essentially an attempt to humanize jesus christ by inventing a story of how his true identity was distorted and hidden for nearly two thousand years.
More than 3 million copies ed. It s significantly better than the film and i think you will enjoy it as most of the world has. The da vinci code was the film version of the best selling novel by dan brown. The da vinci code is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by dan brown.
It was a mind bending thriller that questioned one of the core stories of the bible and beliefs of christianity. 29 people found this helpful.