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Dan Brown is the author of numerous bestselling novels, including the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Da Vinci Code -- one of the best selling novels of all time. In early 2004, all four of Dan Brown's novels held spots on the New York Times bestseller list during the same week.
Recently named one of the World's 100 Most Influential People by TIME Magazine, Dan Brown has made appearances on CNN, The Today Show, National Public Radio, Voice of America, as well as in the pages of Newsweek, Forbes, People, GQ, The New Yorker, and others. His novels have been translated and published in more than 40 languages around the world.
Dan is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he spent time as an English teacher before turning his efforts fully to writing. In 1996, his interest in code-breaking and covert government agencies led him to write his first novel, Digital Fortress, which quickly became a #1 national bestselling eBook. Set within the clandestine National Security Agency, the novel explores the fine line between civilian privacy and national security. Brown’s follow-up techno-thriller, Deception Point, centered on similar issues of morality in politics, national security, and classified technology.
The son of a Presidential Award winning math professor and of a professional sacred musician, Dan grew up surrounded by the paradoxical philosophies of science and religion. These complementary perspectives served as inspiration for his acclaimed novel Angels & Demons—a science vs. religion thriller set within a Swiss physics lab and Vatican City. Recently, he has begun work on a series of symbology thrillers featuring his popular protagonist Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor of iconography and religious art. The upcoming series will include books set in Paris, London, and Washington D.C.
Dan’s wife Blythe—an art history buff and painter—collaborates on his research and accompanies him on his frequent research trips, their latest to Paris, where they spent time in the Louvre for his thriller, The Da Vinci Code.
The Da Vinci Code has sold some 70 million copies worldwide and is now being adapted for film by Columbia Pictures. (read less)
Dan Brown is the author of numerous bestselling novels, including the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Da Vinci Code -- one of the best selling novels of all time. In early 2004, all four of Dan Brown's novels held spots on the New York Times bestseller list during the same week.
Recently named one of the World's 100 Most Influential People by TIME Magazine, Dan Brown has made appearances on CNN, The Today Show, National Public Radio, Voice of America, as well as in the pages of Newsweek, Forbes, People, GQ, The New Yorker, and others. His novels have been translated and published in more than 40 languages around the world.
Dan is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he spent time as an English teacher before turning his efforts fully to writing. In 1996, his interest in code-breaking and covert government agencies led him to write his first novel, Digital Fortress, which quickly became a #1 national bestselling eBook. Set within the clandestine National Security Agency, the novel explores the fine line between civilian privacy and national security. Brown’s follow-up techno-thriller, Deception Point, centered on similar issues of moral... (read more)
| Genre: | Thrillers, Fiction, Mystery |
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| Birth Date: | Jun 22, 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Exeter, New Hampshire, United States |
| Website: |
http://www.danbrown.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown |
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3.6 stars
disappointing...
It's predictable, and the writing fails to engage your raw emotions. Some of the material and plotlines should be terrifying and nail-biting but it fell flat for me.
How flat? Well the last 60 pages or so went unread for about a week until I forced myself to pick it up and just finish it off.
That's probably the worst indictment I could ever make of a book in this genre!! Everything of significance had happened (or was so obvious by that point), and I just didn't care enough about the characters to go through all the motions of wrapping up the story lines.
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4.0 stars
-10 stars out of 5.
Poor writing, poor plot, and guessed who's who in the middle of the book.
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4.0 stars
Title: The Da Vinci Code
Author: Dan Brown
Summary: The victim is a high-ranking agent of an 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 solve. As they solve riddle after riddle, code after code, they make a stunning discovery - the connection between Christ and Da Vinci. With each code they break, they come nearer to the decipher of the nature of the Mona Lisa's smile and the secret of the Holy Grail. The truth about Sophie's family and her grandfather's involment in the society will all come to light. But hot on their heels are the police and another society who wishes the secrets to remain secret, will they complete their quest?
Comments: This book is fanscinating with its many interesting riddles and facts. Also it keeps us on our toes with the sequel of events. Twists here and there, the book keeps us glued to it until it is finished. I would recommend this book to everyone, especially those who have a mind as curious as yours truly. (read less)
Title: The Da Vinci Code
Author: Dan Brown
Summary: The victim is a high-ranking agent of an 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 solve. As they solve riddle after riddle, code after code, they make a stunning discovery - the connection between Christ and Da Vinci. With each code they break, they come nearer to the decipher of the nature of the Mona Lisa's smile and the secret of the Holy Grail. The truth about Sophie's family and her grandfather's involment in the society will all come to light. But hot on... (read more)
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3.8 stars
I don't care what anyone says - this is one of the few books that I can truly call a page-turner that I've ever read.
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