"THE DA VINCI CODE" DAN BROWN HB/DJ TRUE FIRST PRINTING

You are bidding Hardcover Book(HB) with D/J 2003 "THE DA VINCI CODE" by DAN BROWN.Excellent slightlu used condition.Looks Excellent.454 Pages.All item are coming from Non-smoking home.FIRST EDITION.FIRST PRINTING.(DOUBLEDAY)***HTF Original DOUBLEDAY PUBLISHER EDITION----inside D/J price $24.95 USD/$37.95 Can*** REAL TRUE FIRST EDITION.FIRST PRINTING.RARE.

"THE DA VINCI CODE" by DAN BROWN-HARDCOVER BOOK(HB) with D/J-2003.No tears,No store stamps,No marks,No H-Lights.Except describe under.Condition for spine:EXCELLENT.Condition for cover:Excellent.(too little shelf wear edges(corners and spine eria).Otherwise Excellent.*** Book Is NOT Book Club Edition(BCE) Size***

*** "THE DA VINCI CODE" by DAN BROWN,2003,DOUBLEDAY HB with D/J,FIRST EDITION.FIRST PRINTING.***U.S. True First Printing of the First Edition, first state/first issue with "scotoma" misspelled as "skitoma" on page 243, with the publisher's April 2003/ First Edition statement and the complete number line of 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 listed on the copyright page. Original price on dj flap has a retail price of U.S. $24.95/CANADA $37.95. With jacket blurbs by Nelson DeMille, Clive Cussler, Harlan Coben, Robert Crais, and Vince Flynn. This is A TRUE 1st EDITION 1st PRINTING, Retail and NOT Book Club Edition(BCE).

Dan Brown masterfully concocts an intelligent and lucid thriller that marries the gusto of an international murder mystery with a collection of fascinating esoteria culled from 2,000 years of Western history. A murder in the silent after-hour halls of the Louvre museum reveals a sinister plot to uncover a secret that has been protected by a clandestine society since the days of Christ. The victim is a high-ranking agent of this 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 untangle. The duo become both suspects and detectives searching for not only Neveu's grandfather's murderer but also the stunning secret of the ages he was charged to protect. Mere steps ahead of the authorities and the deadly competition, the mystery leads Neveu and Langdon on a breathless flight through France, England, and history itself. Brown (Angels and Demons) has created a page-turning thriller that also provides an amazing interpretation of Western history. Brown's hero and heroine embark on a lofty and intriguing exploration of some of Western culture's greatest mysteries--from the nature of the Mona Lisa's smile to the secret of the Holy Grail. Though some will quibble with the veracity of Brown's conjectures, therein lies the fun. The Da Vinci Code is an enthralling read that provides rich food for thought. Brown's latest thriller (after Angels and Demons)is an exhaustively researched page-turner about secret religious societies, ancient coverups and savage vengeance. The action kicks off in modern-day Paris with the murder of the Louvre's chief curator, whose body is found laid out in symbolic repose at the foot of the Mona Lisa. Seizing control of the case are Sophie Neveu, a lovely French police cryptologist, and Harvard symbol expert Robert Langdon, reprising his role from Brown's last book. The two find several puzzling codes at the murder scene, all of which form a treasure map to the fabled Holy Grail. As their search moves from France to England, Neveu and Langdon are confounded by two mysterious groups-the legendary Priory of Sion, a nearly 1,000-year-old secret society whose members have included Botticelli and Isaac Newton, and the conservative Catholic organization Opus Dei. Both have their own reasons for wanting to ensure that the Grail isn't found. Brown sometimes ladles out too much religious history at the expense of pacing, and Langdon is a hero in desperate need of more chutzpah. Still, Brown has assembled a whopper of a plot that will please both conspiracy buffs and thriller addicts. U.S.

Publisher's Note

A sequel to ANGELS & DEMONS, THE DA VINCI CODE starts off with a bang and doesn't quit, leaving the reader gasping to keep up with the twists and turns of this amazingly popular academic thriller. The naked, spread-eagled corpse of a senior curator is found in the Louvre's Grand Gallery, next to a mysterious message written in his blood. The discovery and the subsequent investigation plunge Harvard professor Robert Langdon into the heart of a centuries-old religious conspiracy. Assisted by the brilliant and beautiful Sophie Neveu, a French police cryptologist who also happens to be the curator's granddaughter, Langdon races to gather clues about an ancient goddess-worshipping cult--purportedly once led by Da Vinci himself--whose members hold the key to one of the most sacred legendary objects, the Holy Grail. Meanwhile, the couple must dodge both the police, who believe Langdon guilty of the curator's murder, and an albino assassin from an extremist Catholic sect who is desperate to prevent Langdon and Neveu from uncovering a secret that could rock Christianity to its very foundations. THE DA VINCI CODE is a blockbuster bestseller that has gained legions of fans around the globe; the extremely obsessed can even take a special tour in Paris that points out all the key locations in the storyline. The book also has many detractors who say they have found significant flaws in the religious and historical research upon which it is based. The debate reached such a fever pitch that the Vatican even appointed a Cardinal responsible for refuting the book's claims. The controversy has only increased the book's popularity, producing a whole host of imitators as well as several books and videos purporting either to further explicate or to poke holes in the THE DA VINCI CODE's plot and historical background.

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