The Da Vinci Code PDF
“The Da Vinci Code PDF” is novel which includes thriller, mystery,
fiction and conspiracy. This novel was written by Dan Brown in April 2003. This
is the second novel of Robert Langdon series. This novel is preceded by Angel
and demons (Robert Langdon series first novel) and was written in 2000. The Da
Vinci code is followed by “The Last Symbol” which was written in 2009. Another
novel of this series is “Inferno”.
The main characters of this novel include Robert Langdon a
symbologist and Sophie Neveu a cryptologist. There has been a murder at Louver
Museum of Sophie’s grandfather. After that murder Robert and Sophie become
involved in the argument and battle between Priory of Sion and Opus Dei. This
battle is over the argument that Mary Magdalene might have been married to
Jesus Christ. The novel reveals history about Holy Grail and role of Mary
Magdalene in history of Christianity.
This novel was criticized for its scientific and historical
inaccuracies. Many Christian’s dominations throughout the world considered this
novel as an attack on Roman Catholic Church. Instead of being criticized this
book became the best seller of year 2009. 80 million copies of this novel had
been sold. This novel was translated in 44 different languages which show its
fame and popularity.
“The Templar Revelation” which was published in 1997 had been
used as a research material for this novel. This novel also refers to the book
“Holy Blood and the Holy Grail” (1982) but author clearly started that he did
not use this book as a research material.
The Da Vinci Code Review
After its publication this book achieved great success in year
2003. At that time “Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix” was the only
book whose more copies were sold than this book.
When it was published this book received a lot of critics for
inaccurate description of European history and art and facts of Christianity.
This novel has mostly received negative comments and reviews from Christian and
Catholic communities.
Writer of New York Times Laura Miller characterized this novel
as bogus and non-sense. Many people have criticized Dan Brown for distorting
history.
Maria Ford said that this novel is totally based on fancy which
means Dan Brown has not researched about the topic clearly. She said that
whenever writer represents historical facts, he should research them carefully
and write them correctly whether it’s a fictional book or non-fiction. Dan
Brown has violated an unspoken agreement with his readers. Historical facts
should remain unchanged.
Richard Abanes said that Dan Brown does not disagree with
Christianity but he willingly disagrees with it to rewrite the historical
events. After rewriting events Dan Brown wants to spread them on the name of
facts and a lot of scholars and historians agree with it.
The main criticization this book received was on the topic of
“Priory of Sion”. Some critics claim that there is no such organization however
a lot of people believe that a French Secret society which was founded in 1099
actually exists critics say that this society was just a hoax created by Pierre
in 1965.
Author claims that all the information on artwork, architecture,
secret rituals described in this novel are totally accurate while many academic
scholars and experts deny it.
While promoting his novel, author was asked by interviewers
about the accuracy of events in this novel. Dan answered that all the history
events are true and happened.
Thus he was asked at many events and occasions about accuracy of
facts and he always said that they all are true and actually happened. Instead
of being criticized by scholars and experts millions of copies of this book
were sold throughout the world.
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