Dan Brown's immensely popular title, The Da Vinci Code, has been one of the most successful bestsellers in recent history. In fact, its cultish following has reached international proportions and the Da Vinci Code phenomenon has now prompted a major motion picture production which is sure to be a box office smash. However, few of us have a clear u...more
Secrets of the Widow’s Son is an unprecedented publishing event: a book about a book that has yet to be published. As the world waits breathlessly for Dan Brown to publish his sequel to The Da Vinci Code, this new book, Secrets of the Widow’s Son, prepares international audiences for what they will experience in Brown’s forthcoming book. Inst...more
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 wor...more
Written in response to THE DA VINCI CODE, this nonfiction anthology examines several of the source materials used by Dan Brown in creating the bestselling--and controversial--thriller, and attempts to separate historical fact from fiction. Various pieces by scientists, theologians, and historians explore various issues raised by the book, including...more
A popular history of the lost traditions of Gnosticism reveals some of the long-lost secrets of Christianity as it discusses the tenets and principles of a movement that flourished during early Christianity until it was declared heretical by the Church, and its long-lasting influence and legacy for world religion and modern-day popular culture.
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In The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown masterfully concocts an intelligent and lucid thriller that marries the gusto of an international murder mystery with a collection of fascinating esoterica culled from 2,000 years of Western history. A murder in the silent after-hours halls of the Louvre reveals a sinister plot to uncover a secret that has been pro...more