what is the da vinci code?

Answer 1

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. Solving 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…and 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. The Louvre curator has sacrificed his life to protect the Priory's most sacred trust: the location of a vastly important religious relic, hidden for centuries.

In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who appears to work for Opus Dei—a clandestine, Vatican-sanctioned Catholic sect believed to have long plotted to seize the Priory's secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's secret—and a stunning historical truth—will be lost forever.

In an exhilarating blend of relentless adventure, scholarly intrigue, and cutting wit, symbologist Robert Langdon (first introduced in Dan Brown's bestselling Angels & Demons) is the most original character to appear in years. THE DA VINCI CODE heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightening-paced, intelligent thriller…surprising at every twist, absorbing at every turn, and in the end, utterly unpredictable…right up to its astonishing conclusion.

Answer 2

The Da Vinci Code in my mind is a pure epic. A fantasy stating that Jesus got married to Mary Magdalene, and has living decendents today. Da Vinci comes in because his artwork shows clues to this. There is much controversy over the book and the movie. I think Tom Hanks did a superb job, while Dan Brown's descriptions where enchanting. Read it first! Then watch the movie!

Answer 3

With 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 esoteria culled from 2,000 years of Western history.
A murder in the silent after-hour halls of the Louvre museum reveals a sinister plot to uncover a secret that has been protected by a clandestine society since the days of Christ. The victim is a high-ranking agent of this ancient society who, in the moments before his death, manages to leave gruesome clues at the scene that only his granddaughter, noted cryptographer Sophie Neveu, and Robert Langdon, a famed symbologist, can untangle. The duo become both suspects and detectives searching for not only Neveu's grandfather's murderer but also the stunning secret of the ages he was charged to protect. Mere steps ahead of the authorities and the deadly competition, the mystery leads Neveu and Langdon on a breathless flight through France, England, and history itself. Brown (Angels and Demons) has created a page-turning thriller that also provides an amazing interpretation of Western history. Brown's hero and heroine embark on a lofty and intriguing exploration of some of Western culture's greatest mysteries--from the nature of the Mona Lisa's smile to the secret of the Holy Grail. Though some will quibble with the veracity of Brown's conjectures, therein lies the fun. The Da Vinci Code is an enthralling read that provides rich food for thought. --Jeremy Pugh

Answer 4

It's like a zip code for the city Da Vinci. If you want to send a letter there, it's 666.

Answer 5

A lot of conspiracies about Christianity gathered in one book. They aren't true in my opinion... and a lot of things prove that... try watching Discovery or National Geographic... they have some documentaries about the Da Vinci Code.

Answer 6

Both a book and a movie. Read the book before you see the movie, but remember that it is purely fiction. While there are some truths and real societies in it, you have to remember that the groups are not there to protect or kill the descendants of Jesus, they have an entirely different purpose, and if you want to know what that is, just google the groups.

Answer 7

It's a book written by Dan Brown about secret societies like Priory of Sion,and some hidden truths which have been supposed to be protected from centuries.The motion picture is also good.

Answer 8

I think it's about the secret behind the mona lisa, and the adventure that follows it. It has some nudity, and violence and language and sexual stuff, but it's supposed to be really good! But if you're easily offended by religious stuff, then don't watch it.

Answer 9

Fiction/Fantasy.

Answer 10

where the heck do u *** from lala land??

da vinci in his paintings had the hidden truths of jesus , mary magdalane& the church

the maddona of the rocks which was repainted later
the last supper showing mary magdalane