Book Review of The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Book Review of The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

This week I chose to read the book "The Da Vinci Code" written by Dan

Brown. He 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.

Dan Brown has made appearances on CNN, The Today Show, National Public

Radio, Voice of America, as well as in the pages of Newsweek, TIME,

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 e-Book. 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, centred 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 historian 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.