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Cuando sabe que lo asesinarán, Jacques Sauniere, deja una serie de pistas dirigidas a su nieta Sophie para que contacte a Robert Landon y le ayude a decifrarlas. El secreto podría cambiar por completo la historia de la humanidad.

En mi país, República Dominicana, este libro causó un gran revuelo ya que la historia católica prohibió a sus seguidos que leyeran el libro por encontrar que la historia es en contra de las bases de su doctrina, logrando con esto justamente lo contrario.

Creo que es primer libro que leí del género y esta tan bien escrito que me enganchó y no pude parar de leerlo.

La película es muy buena, pero nada iguala al libro.

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When he knows that he will be murdered, Jacques Sauniere leaves a series of clues to his granddaughter Sophie to contact Robert Landon and help her decipher them. The secret could completely change the history of humanity.

In my country, Dominican Republic, this book caused a stir as Catholic church forbade its followers to read the book to find that the story is against the bases of their doctrine, achieving just the opposite.

I think it's the first book I read of the genre and it's so well written that I got hooked and could not stop reading it.

The movie is very good, but nothing equals the book.

I really enjoyed this book. It's the first time I read Dan Brown's book. I think he can write while making every page gripping in some way.

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عندما شَرعت في قرآءة الروآيه كآن آكثر ما إعترك فضولي هوا سؤال واحد
ماذا تعني الشيفره التي كتبها "جآك سونيير" قبل وفاته وهل ستدلنا على القاتل ..!؟
ولكن ..! وبعد الإنتهآء من الروآيه ، وعندما اطبقت اخر ورقه في الكتآب
شعرتُ بآن هُنآك مئآت التسآؤلات الصآرخه بـ دآخلي والتي تبحث عن إجآبه
وكآن آكثر ما خالجني هوا ..: هل حقاً إنتهت الروآيه ..!؟

Has the novel really ended ?
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وماذا عن طوفآن التيه الذي آشعر به الآن ..!؟
هل هذا ما كآن يُريدهُ الكآتب ان يُوصِلني إليه ..؟
آن آلجَّ بين دَفتّي " اليقين والشك " لـ آبقى عالقةً بينهمآ ..!؟
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ذِكر "الآنثى المُقدسه" في الـروآيه جعلني اتذكر فتره قضيتهآ في"الهند
حيث كانت النساء الهندوسيات قُبيل المغرب يغسلن مدخل بيوتهن بالماء
ومن ثَم يتفنن بـ النقش على آرضية المدخل بـ بودره ذآت الوان زآهيه
وعند الإنتهاء وقرب الغروب يُشعلن الشموع امام عتبآت المنزل
وعلى رفوف الشبآبيك يُعلقن الــورد والفُـل
وعند سؤآلي عن السبب قيل لي بآن روح " الإلهه الهندوسيه المؤنثه
تزورهم في الليل لــ تَهبهم " الطمآنينه والآمآن
ويتوجب آن يكون المنزل ومدخلهِ ذآ بهآ يليــق بـِهآ
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وفِعل مشآبه لـ مثل هذهِ المراسم الدينيه .. رآيتهآ لــ عائِلات ملايو البــوذيه
و صينيين " في ماليزيـاء وسنغافوره " بـ إختلاف العآدات والمُعتقدآت
ولا آظن بآن هناك علآقه بين "الآنثى المقدسه" التى ذُكرت في الروآيه
و" الإلهه المؤنثه " للإختلاف الديني بينهم .
ولكن ..! آظن بـ آنهُ قد يجمعهم مفهوم " إلهه الجمآل والحياة " > وجهة نظر فقط
وهذا ما شعرت بهِ من سِيآق ذِكرها المُتكرر في الروايه
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ورغم الكم الهائل من الحقائق في الروآيه والتي اصابتني بـ الذهوول
إلا ان هُنآك نقآط اساسيه كآنت اكثر ما استوقفتني ، وجعلتني آغصُّ بـ تفآصيلهآ
سـ آحآول ان الخِّصهآ كما جآءت في الروآيـه :
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"النجمه الخماسيه" .. *
والتي يُحددها كوكب فينوس كل اربعة سنين
" ترمز لـ إلهة الحب والجمآل " الآنثى المقدسه " .. وعُرفت بـ عدة اسامي
" فينوس، النجمه الشرقيه ، عشتار ، وعشتاروت "
. لـ تُحـرف من بعد وتُصبح رمزاً اساسياً للحرب"
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" الرقم فاي PHI " *
المشتق من متوالية فيبوناتشي ، وهيَ متواليه حسابيه شهيره
نواتج قسمة الآرقام المتتاليه تتمتع بـ خاصيه مذهله وهي الاقتراب من الرقم ١،٦١٨
ودور هذا الرقم كـ حجر بناء اساسي في الطبيعه . وإعتبارهِ رقم مُقدس
ادهشني هذا الرقم جداً ، وطريقة ربطهِ بـ النجمه الخماسيه .
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النزاع بين "المسيحيون والوثنيون" الذي هدد بـ آنقسام روما الى قسمين *
والذي على اساسهِ وضع "قسطنطين " قرآر التوحيد تحت لـواء ديني واحد الا وهوا " المسيحيه
حيث خلق دين هجيني والذي كان مقبولاً من الطرفين وذلك عن طريق دمج الرموز والتواريخ
والطقوس الوثنيه والعادات والتقاليد تهيئةً "للمسيحيه الجديده ."
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.. ا*دآفنشي الرائـد في علم الكتابه بـ الشيفرة
لوحات "دافنشي" التي ذُكرت في الروآيه والذي ادهشني ايضاً إرتباطهآ بـ الدين
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١ــــــ "الرجل الفيترومي"، آو شريعة الآنساب " والتي كانت تُمثل التناغم بين الرجل والمرأه
الموناليزيا ومعنى تسميتها بهذا الاسم " Amon l’isa" ٢ــــ
والملامح التي تقصدّها دافنشي في رسمهِآ وتفسير البآحثين لهآ "
"٣ـــــ "سيدة الصخور" والتي رُسمت بـ شكل يتنآسب مع الكنيسه الكاثوليكيه "عذراء الصخور
٤ـــــــ " العشاء الآخير " وما تضمنتهُ هذهِ الوحه من اسرار وتلميحآت
" الورده ، الكآس المقدسه ، الدم المقدس ، السلاله المقدسه ، السانغريال ، القدح "
و"مريم المجدوليه" الوعاء المقدس الذي حمل سلالة يسوع المسيح الملكي وانبتت الثمره المقدسه
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. فرسان الهيكل" حُــراس هوية المسيح الحقيقيه وآسرارهِ" *
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نجمة داوود " شعار سليمان " التي اتخذتهآ اسرائيل شعاراً لها *
والتي كانت ترمز لـ " سيف وقدح " وهما عبآره عن مُثلثآن مُتعاكسان مُندمجان في النصف
واللذآنِ يُشيرآن إلى الاتحاد الكامل بين الذكر والآنثى .

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وآخيراً..... *
والذي كُنت اركض خلفه ونركض خلفهُ جميعاً منذُ بآدئ الروآيه
هوا : "نهاية ايـآم الـحـــوت وبدآية الدلـــو
وهيَ الاشاره التاريخيه المُنتظره لـ نشر وثآئــق "الدم الملكي
امام العالم اجمع ، وإنتظار المؤرخين لـ ظهوره
"الغـــريال" Sangreal"
وهذهِ هيَ التآئهه كمآ بدآ لي طوآل فترة قرآءتي للروآيه ،
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ولكن ..…!
وعند قرب الوصول لـلكآس المُقدسه وكشف السر للعالم
ظهر مآ الَجم فـآه الآحداث السآبقه، والتي آعآدتني إلى تيه الـبدآيه
واصابتني بـ التشكيك في آغلب المُجريات والحقآئق التي ذُكرت ..!
هوا ما قالته الجده ماري " زوجة المعلم الكبير جآك " في نهاية صفحآت الروآيه

فما نهاية الأيام إلآ اسطوره اختلقتها عقول مريضه ، فـ ليس هناك مايعرف" :
على انه تاريخ محدد يتم الكشف فيه عن "الغـــريال
بل وهناك تآكيد دوماً على ان الغريآل يجب ان لا يُكشف ابداً

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وإن حاول الكآتب من بعد ان يصل بنا الى نهاية مليئه بـ التلميحآت لـ يروي بهآ ش��ف القارئ
إلا آن هذا السر يظل مُبهماً و يحتفظ بــ الكثير من التساؤلآت في جيوب القارئين و البآحثين
و التي تتطلب البحث المستمر ، وإعترآك سآحة الآلغـــآز لـ فك عجرة خيوطهآ المُتشابكه
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ومن هنا اعود بكم الى كلمآتي الآولى والتي صآفحت تيه الإستفهآم
هل حقاً إنتهت الروآيه ..!؟

Has the novel really ended ?
Was that what the author wanted to convey to me ?

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Book Circle Reads 11

Rating: 3 stars of five

The Publisher Says: An ingenious code hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci. A desperate race through the cathedrals and castles of Europe. An astonishing truth concealed for centuries . . . unveiled at last.

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. 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.

My Review: Not one word. I mean it. Not ONE WORD of criticism for this book's three-star rating. It is not Literature, it is not even particularly well-written farb, but it is undeniably a page-turning rip-snorting adventure story that pokes fun at christian religion. Therefore it is A-Okay with me.

Snobs: It's not about you. It's about normal people getting their entertainment from a book for once, instead of a TV or a gaming console. Why are you bitching? Who said you had to read it?

Lovers: It's not about how much you love it. I didn't love it. I read the whole thing in a sitting and I wasn't about to get up until it was done, and that's saying a lot for someone whose life list of books read includes the snooty people's snootiest books. So yeah, three-star review is a huge vote of confidence from this source.

Religious christians: What in the hell are you doing reading my reviews?! Are you daft? I won't be saying anything nice about your imaginary friend any time soon. Pass on!

Environmentalists: Yes, the entirety of Siberia was deforested to print the book in its zillions. I feel bad about that too. Tell you what: Get out there and make hemp paper (better for the environment, plus a smokeable side product!) on a commercial scale. Books will go down in price, forests will be saved, and the mellow quotient of the world will go up. Win-win-win!

Normal people: You've all read the book by now, right? If not, go to a used bookstore (Brown's rich enough) and pick a few up. It's a lot of fun.

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Interesting plot, but not quite an entertaining thriller. It was too long or was it because this was a group read and we read a few chapters a day so it felt like forever. I enjoyed the movie better.

I borrowed three formats from my library. Audio, ebook, and this interesting edition "The Da Vinci Code special illustrated edition". It looks like the glossy hardcover type for your coffee table. The chapters match the actual book. It's less wordy and includes photographs of objects, paintings, and places which makes it more interesting.

Still, I'm happy I "read along" with Goodread folks, thanks Lisa!!

4 / 5 stars

I'm so glad I eventually got around to reading this story, I understand now why people rave over this book. I waited so long to watch the movie (always got to read the book first lol), trying to keep the mystery a mystery. The only thing that I didn't quite love about this was some of the plot twists were a little easy to guess for me, but it was still such an enjoyable ride!

I can't wait to read the rest of the books in the series, I only ever hear great things.

I didn't realize I never bothered with a review for this; I'm cranky today, so now seems like a good time.

The only good thing about having read this (probably ten years ago) was that I did not pay for it. The woman I was working for at the time forced me to read it; she had read it and thought it was wonderful, and since I had some kind of reputation as a reader she wanted (demanded, actually) my opinion.

I gave it to her.

I don't really think that has anything to do with the fact that I didn't work for her much longer.

I really did hate this book. I hated this book before I knew it was cool to hate it.

The writing was mediocre – that's not why I hated it, though it made (makes) me sick that something that led the best-seller list for approximately a hundred and sixty-three years was so bad.

I don't generally go for international suspense thriller type things – that's not why I hated it either.

I was raised Catholic, and this was an absurd view of a conspiracy-laden church that was so dumb as to be offensive – but that – the Vatican's opinion aside – is still not why I hated it.

The reason I got that blue-laser-beam duck-and-cover light in my eyes when I read this was that it completely and totally screwed with art history. I kick myself once in a while that I deleted the web page I put up at the time outlining and illustrating the things Dan Brown simply got wrong about the paintings and artists he pretended to know so much about. There was a lot of stuff up there. I'm no expert; I went to art school, though, and the best teacher I ever had in any subject happened to be the one who taught History of Western Art. It offended me on her behalf that there was so much garbage spewed out in this book.

Someone defensively said to me once that at least it was bringing attention to Da Vinci and art and the Louvre and … stuff. To me that's like saying an A-list celebrity benefits from the attention of paparazzi. There's a strong similarity: if all a person goes by is the sordid and erroneous crap spoon-fed to them by such authorities as Dan Brown or the National Enquirer, they would be better off remaining completely ignorant.

I'm still cranky. Hm … Did I ever review Twilight …?

I read this during the Da Vinci code craze. I was unimpressed then and am largely unimpressed now. never really thought i reread this but thanks to a Lisa of Troy's read along group i just wish i could stop at a few chapters like i was supposed to.

Robert Langdon is the type of Main character i dislike. I'll start there since I'm all about characters. He is the type of guy you ask a question, and he responds with a research paper length response. If you ask him what he believes. you'll get a shrug and some PC response also long and drawn out. he's a talker not a doer. which is why Sophie Neveu is the action facilitator. she is the star of the show like the sacred feminine itself. The one-time Langdon was responsible for creating a action he delivered them into danger! The other characters are common types but still entertaining Lee Teabing, Silas, bishop Arinarosa, and Bezu Fache all bring something to the narrative. I feel bad for Silas he's a Frankenstein type character. I'm a softie for Frankenstein. The story was simple and i predicted the teacher 20 years ago and just waited for his arrival this read. I remembered most everything in the book. One is supposed to take a the conspiracy theories and fact check them to go on there own grail quest. i tried this as a teenager and was disappointed to find most "facts" in the book non possible.

Simple story rather entertaining but nothing more. In the end i don't get it. would Jesus having children and a wife be that big a deal? no it would not, at least not to me!

I've finally started reading that ever so controversial best-seller by Dan Brown. Actually, not reading it, listening to it while driving around Lansing, MI. This book seems to have changed the minds of many Catholics (my grandfather included) and Protestants alike. Granted, there have long been rumors of secret societies and organizations within the Roman Catholic Church, and historical cover-ups are rampant throughout civilization.

HOWEVER,

The book is crap. It's not at all well written. Brown seems to feel that in order to impress the mystery of the supposed Holy Grail conspiracy upon his readers, he must be repetitive and condescending. It almost seems that the whole purpose of the book is to tell the world how much Brown knows about obscure art history and symbology, and that he is willing to explain it to the teeming masses of uniformed Christendom. His constant use of cliff-hanger chapter endings (almost every chapter) makes the novel read like it was originally intended as a serial publication. Much of Brown's story hinges upon the loss of the Sacred Feminine, and yet his main female character (a cryptologist for the French police) is constantly having to be led clue by clue to obvious conclusions by her quicker, more worldly, male counterparts.

I might have put some stock into Brown's "history," he writes with conviction, if not much style. I may even have looked into some of his sources on my own. Today, though, Brown completely lost any stock I would have put into his actual knowledge. He referred, multiple times, to Jesus Christ as the Immaculate Conception. As every half-informed Catholic knows, Mary was the Immaculate Conception (conceived without sin), Jesus was the Miraculous Conception (conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit).

How this novel came to be as popular as it is, I can understand. Everyone today is dying to get to the big TRUTH, something which can never be done in religion. Faith is by definition something that is unsubstantiated, we must just believe. What I can't understand is how people can believe this absolute drivel.

Antrą kartą imu šią knygą į rankas. Pirmąjį kartą, prieš 10 metų, man ji paliko labai didelį įspūdį, buvo nuostabos kupinos akys. Dabar perskaičius ir vėl galvoju, puiki knyga. Simbolių tyrinėjimas, paslaptys, istorija, religija, apgaulės, žymiausi menininkai, atradimai, įvairios detalės, matematika, kodai.. Autorius pateikia ir daugelį paaiškinimų. Knyga sukelia labai daug klausimų, kas tiesa, o kas rašytojo išgalvota. Nejučia pradedi googlinti paveikslus, vietas ir pats imi 'studijuoti' medžiagą. Šis kūrinys suteikia daug temų diskusijoms, apšviečia, taip pat kelia atidumą bei susižavėjimą menu ir unikaliu menininkų protu. Buvo labai idomu. Dabar bus proga vėl pažiūrėti ir prisiminti filmą "Da Vinčio kodas".

Four stars for pure entertainment value.

However, Dave Barry's review gets five stars:


`The Da Vinci Code,' cracked
by Dave Barry

I have written a blockbuster novel. My inspiration was The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown, which has sold 253 trillion copies in hardcover because it's such a compelling page-turner. NOBODY can put this book down:

MOTHER ON BEACH: Help! My child is being attacked by a shark!

LIFEGUARD (looking up from The DaVinci Code: Not now! I just got to page 243, where it turns out that one of the men depicted in ''The Last Supper'' is actually a woman!

MOTHER: I know! Isn't that incredible? And it turns out that she's . . .

SHARK (spitting out the child): Don't give it away! I'm only on page 187!

The key to The DaVinci Code is that it's filled with startling plot twists, and almost every chapter ends with a ''cliffhanger,'' so you have to keep reading to see what will happen. Using this formula, I wrote the following blockbuster novel, titled The Constitution Conundrum. It's fairly short now, but when I get a huge publishing contract, I'll flesh it out to 100,000 words by adding sentences.

CHAPTER ONE: Handsome yet unmarried historian Hugh Heckman stood in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., squinting through the bulletproof glass at the U.S. Constitution. Suddenly, he made an amazing discovery.

''My God!'' he said, out loud. ``This is incredible! Soon I will say what it is.''

CHAPTER TWO: ''What is it?'' said a woman Heckman had never seen before who happened to be standing next to him. She was extremely beautiful, but wore glasses as a sign of intelligence.

''My name is Desiree Legume,'' she said.

Heckman felt he could trust her.

''Look at this!'' he said, pointing to the Constitution.

''My God, that's incredible!'' said Desiree. ``It's going to be very surprising when we finally reveal what we're talking about!''

CHAPTER THREE: ''Yes,'' said Hugh, ``incredible as it seems, there are extra words written in the margin of the U.S. Constitution, and nobody ever noticed them until now! They appear to be in some kind of code.''

''Let me look,'' said Desiree. ``In addition to being gorgeous, I am a trained codebreaker. Oh my God!''

''What is it?'' asked Hugh in an excited yet concerned tone of voice. ''The message,'' said Desiree, ``is . . . ''

But just then, the chapter ended.

CHAPTER FOUR: ''It's a fiendishly clever code,'' explained Desiree. 'As you can see, the words say: `White House White House Bo Bite House, Banana Fana Fo Fite House, Fe Fi Mo Mite House, White House.' ''

''Yes,'' said Hugh, frowning in bafflement. ``But what can it possibly mean?''

''If I am correct,'' said Desiree, ``it is referring to . . . the White House!''

''My God!'' said Hugh. ``That's where the president lives! Do you think . . . ''

''Do I think what?'' said Desiree.

''I don't know,'' said Hugh. ``But we're about to find out.''

CHAPTER FIVE: Hugh and Desiree crouched in some bushes next to the Oval Office.

''We'd better hurry up and solve this mystery,'' remarked Desiree anxiously. ''It's only a matter of time before somebody notices that the Constitution is missing.'' She had slipped it into her purse at the National Archives while the guard wasn't looking.

''The answer must be here somewhere,'' said Hugh, studying the ancient document, which was brown from age and the fact that he had spilled Diet Peach Snapple on it.

''Wait a minute!'' he said. ``I've got it!''

''What?'' said Desiree, her breasts heaving into view.

''The answer!'' said Hugh. ``It's . . .

But just then, shots rang out.

CHAPTER SIX: ''That was close!'' remarked Desiree. ``Fortunately, those shots had nothing to do with the plot of this book.''

''Yes,'' said Hugh. ``Anyway, as I was saying, the answer is to hold the Constitution up so that it is aligned with the White House and the Washington Monument. . . . There, do you see what I mean?''

''My God!'' said Desiree, seeing what he meant. ``It's . . . ''

''Hold it right there,'' said the president of the United States.

CHAPTER SEVEN: '' . . . and so you see,'' concluded the president, ``you two uncovered a shocking and fascinating secret that, if it should ever get out, could change the course of history.''

''Mr. President,'' said Desiree, ``thank you for that riveting and satisfying explanation, which will be fleshed out into much greater detail once there is a publishing contract.''

''Also,'' noted Hugh, ``we may use some beverage other than Snapple, depending on what kind of product-placement deals can be worked out.''

''Good,'' said the president. ``Now can I have the Constitution back?''

They all enjoyed a hearty laugh, for they knew that the movie rights were also available...

This is a pretty formulaic page turner, a fun quick read. Written at about the level of the average Nancy Drew mystery, it is best appreciated at that level. As far as the content, there are howlers on virtually every page (starting with the hero who looks like "Harrison Ford in Harris tweed" and is a "Professor of Religious Symbology at Harvard" -- good work if you can find it). You have to ignore very pulpy, cheesy writing to enjoy this romantic thriller.

Intended as a book that a dedicated reader could finish in a day, or something you take to the beach and casually finish in a weekend, The Da Vinci Code makes for a reasonable airline novel, so much so that it is often a bit clunky in its desire to ensure that no intellectual effort on the reader's part will be required. Here's a recurring example in this novel: a bit of unfamiliar terminology, say "crux gemmata" (jeweled cross) will will be explained on page N, then on page N+1, a character will finger his jeweled cross and explain, "Oh, yes -- this is a crux gemmata." I've read dinner menus that were more demanding on the reader. My wife and I both read about a third of it in a day, sharing the same copy, and that's a full work day plus taking care of kids, bedtime, etc. That's also a kind of virtue, I guess -- it's fast and peppy.

As far as history goes, Dan Brown apparently thinks that "most historians" give credence to the hoary forgeries and frauds promoted in sensationalist best-sellers like Holy Blood, Holy Grail. This author gets the best of both worlds: simultaneously claiming that "it's just fiction," while introducing the novel with claims that the historical record contained within is "fact." That claim is ridiculous. To pluck a random example, he spends some time talking about the Council of Nicaea, and incorrectly summarizes it as the origin of the doctrine of Christ's divinity by Constantine. He ignores the Arian controversy out of which it arose, which is like trying to explain the Treaty of Versailles without mentioning World War I. He ignores the documented fact, agreed upon even by the cheerleaders of the gnostics that he is sympathetic to, that the earliest gnostic doctrines held that Christ was *purely* God, and not really man -- the very reverse of the doctrine that serves as the linchpin of his novel's intellectual base (such as it is). This is a bad novel for weak or misinformed Christians, but anyone familiar with history should spot the train wreck of Brown's ideas a mile off.

Oh yes, and in Brown's world, Opus Dei has shadowy assassin "monks" (in real life, Opus Dei is not a monastic order -- there are no Opus Dei monks, let alone trained assassins), and the Catholic Church has been promulgating known lies as its central dogmas, promotes violence throughout the world, and has been retarding the progress of science and knowledge for 2 millennia. Brown leaves the reader with the impression that this, too, is a matter of settled historical record. Oh, but then again, it's just fiction. Except when it's not.

In general, if you're looking for a heady thriller wrapped around Christian arcana, I'd recommend Umberto Eco's excellent The Name of the Rose, not this dumbed down, by-the-numbers novel.