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which involves a famous composers all factual associations with a secret society. Speculation is that this may mean Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was also a
Freemason.
2. Summary of the Novel
Symbologist Robert Langdon is thrown into a mysterious and bizarre murder. Alongside Langdon is the victims granddaughter and cryptologist Sophie Neveu, who
with Robert discovers clues within Da Vincis paintings. To further find the truth, Robert and Sophie travel from Paris to London, whilst crossing paths with allies and
villains such as Sir Leigh Teabing and Silas. Wherever their path takes them, there discovery which is about to be revealed could shake the foundations of mankind.
Professor Robert Langdon is in Paris on business when hes summoned to The Louvre. A dead body has been found, setting Langdon off on an adventure as he
attempts to unravel an ancient code and uncover the greatest mystery of all time.The story tells the investigation started by symbolist Robert Langdon and a good-looking
cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, around the murder of a Museum Louvres curator. In fact, the unfortunate murdered man was Sophies grandfather, and the corpse was found
with a series of symbols and codes, like a pentagram and a Fibonacci number sequence. But police detective Fache will begin to chase Langdon, who escapes after
receiving a warning about the captains real intentions. Sophie has with her a kind of key with dots and number 24 engraved on it, which opens to her and Langdon a big
complex investigation that involves a supposedly heretic theory: Jesus Christ and
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Mary Magdalene were, in fact, a couple who produced a daughter named Sara. A millenarian sect called The Priory of Sion has kept for centuries the secret of that
matter. A masochist and kind of psychopath albino monk, Sibilas, an Opus Dei member, will chase Langdon and Sophie as well, in order to impede that they solve
the mystery of Christ and Mary Magdalene, and also the real meaning and location of the Holy Grail. A passionate British researcher, will help Langdon in his quest,
revealing to them several symbolisms in Da Vincis master work The Last Supper, traveling to mythical places in the UK, such as The Church Temple, where it is
believed that a group of Templars Knights are buried, and Sir Isaac Newtons tomb at Westminster Abbey, where are located some of the main keys to solve the Holy
Grails mystery. When respected American religious symbology expert Dr. Robert Langdon is
summoned to the Louvre by the French version of the FBI, led by Captain BezuFache, he soon discovered that he is the 1 suspect for the murder of a historian
Langdon had been scheduled to meet with.. Assisted by a French cryptographer and government agent named Sophie, Langdon is challenged to decipher a chain of
cryptic codes and puzzles, all the while trying to stay ahead of Fiche’s lawmen in a chase through the Louvre, and out into the Parisian cityscape, and finally across the
channel to England. Can Langdon and Sophie decipher the nature of a secret dating back to Leonardo Da Vinci and earlier before those responsible for the historians
murder add them to their hit list.
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While in Paris on business, Harvard symbol gist Robert Langdon is informed that 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. In a breathless race through Paris, London and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless
power broker who appears to work for Opus Dei - a clandestine, Vatican-sanctioned Catholic organization believed to have long plotted to seize the Priorys secret. Unless
Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priorys secret - and a stunning historical truth - will be lost forever.
And the conclude summary by plot synopsis is From the director of Ransom comes a darkly menacing adventure-thriller THE DA VINCI CODE. A murder in the
Lourve prompts the Surete to seek the help of codebreaker-symbologist Professor Robert Langdon. Detective Captain Fache has already decided that Langdon is guilty,
but questions him anyway. Agent Sophie Neveu rescues Langdon from his clutches, and they follow a trail of clues across Europe, pursued by Interpol because they are
suspected of murders committed in fact by an assassin of the Opus Dei sect. Clues support hypothesis that the Priory of SionKnights Templar have guarded a secret for
centuries that would undermine the authority of the CatholicChristian Church if known, and the Churchs mysterious agents are fast suppressing this ancient
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knowledge by murdering the only survivors who have access to the knowledge. Sophie is finally revealed to be the last survivor of that knowledge, and is in fact the
heir to the bloodline of Jesus Christ. The location of the body of Mary Magdalene is still a secret until the very last scene, where Langdon figures out she is buried under
the newest additions to the Lourve.
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3. DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTROVERSIAL 3.1 The Marriage of Jesus in The Da Vinci Code
