The Da Vinci Code (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780385504201)

#1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER - While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body covered in baffling symbols.

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

"A pulse-quickening, brain-teasing adventure." --People

As Langdon and gifted French cryptologist Sophie Neveu sort through the 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 and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

Even more startling, the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion--a secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci--and he guarded a breathtaking historical secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle--while avoiding the faceless adversary who shadows their every move--the explosive, ancient truth will be lost forever.

Author: Dan Brown
ISBN-10: 0385504209
ISBN-13: 9780385504201
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Language: English
Published: 03/18/2003
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.69lbs
Size: 9.42h x 6.58w x 1.28d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.4
Point Value: 23
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 72765 / Da Vinci Code

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Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 11/01/2002 pg. 60
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2003 pg. 5
Publishers Weekly 02/03/2003 pg. 53
Library Journal 02/01/2003 pg. 114
Booksense '76 Mar/Apr 2003 03/01/2003 pg. 1
People Weekly 03/24/2003 pg. 44
Booklist 03/01/2003 pg. 1148
Entertainment Weekly 03/28/2003 pg. 72
People Weekly 12/29/2003 pg. 44
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2004 pg. 483
Best of Book Sense/First 5 Yrs 04/01/2004 pg. 1
Booksense '76 Reading Grp 04 05/01/2004 pg. 1
People Weekly 05/31/2004 pg. 57
Library Journal 11/01/2002
Time 04/10/2006 pg. 81
Men's Journal 08/01/2008 pg. 64