Da Vinci Code

"A PULSE-QUICKENING,BRAIN-TEASING ADVENTURE...[BROWN IS] A NEW MASTER OF SMART THRILLS."__People

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 and the follr around him covered in baffling symbols.As Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Meveu, sort through the bizarre riddles, thdy are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo Da Vinciclues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.
Even omre strtling, the late curator was involved ing the Priory of Sion-an actual secret society whose members included Sir lsaac Newton, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others-and he guarded a breathtaking historical secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle-while avoiding the faceless adversary who ahadows theeir every move-the explosive, ancient truth will be lost forever.

"SO MANY TWISTS-ALL SATISFYING, MOST UNEXPECTED...Let`s just say that if this novel doesn`tget your pulse racing, you need to check your meds... This is good fun-Umberto Eco on steroids."-San Francisco Chronicle

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在描寫羅浮宮年高德邵的館長遭人謀殺，就在博物館內，屍體旁邊留下了一個令人困惑的密碼。為了破解這組密碼，特別找來了到巴黎出差的哈佛大學的宗教符號學教授羅柏‧蘭登，法國美女密碼專家Sophie Neveu共同分析這個謎團，並令人驚訝地發現在達文西的作品中藏有一連串的線索。這些線索人人可見，卻被畫家巧妙地偽裝，加以隱藏……

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