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  1. The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown. It is Brown's second novel to include the character Robert Langdon : the first was his 2000 novel Angels & Demons .

  2. A list of all the characters in The Da Vinci Code. The Da Vinci Code characters include: Robert Langdon , Sophie Neveu, Leigh Teabing.

  3. All 37 characters in The Da Vinci Code are listed by chapter with character descriptions included.

    • Plot Summary
    • Characters
    • Secret of The Holy Grail
    • Reaction
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    • Release Details
    • Puzzles
    • Film

    In the Louvre, a monk of Opus Dei named Silas, who is working on behalf of someone known only as the Teacher, apprehends Jacques Saunière, the museum’s curator, and demands to know where the Holy Grail is. Under the Teacher's orders, Silas aims to discover the location of the "keystone," an item crucial to the search for the Holy Grail. After Sauni...

    Detail of The Last Supper by Leonardo da VinciIn the novel Leigh Teabing explains to Sophie Neveu that the figure at the right hand of Jesus in Leonardo da Vinci's painting of "The Last Supper" is not the apostle John, but actually Mary Magdalene. Leigh Teabing says that the absence of a chalice in Leonardo's painting means Leonardo knew that Mary ...

    Sales

    Brown's novel was a major success in 2004 and was outsold only by J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The book appeared on a 2010 list of 101 best books ever written, which was derived from a survey of more than 15,000 Australian readers.

    Criticism

    The book was not generally well received by critics, and it has been the subject of numerous negative appraisals concerning its literary value and its portrayal of history. Its writing and historical accuracy were reviewed scathingly by The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Salon.com,among others.

    Lawsuits

    Author Lewis Perdue alleged that Brown plagiarized from two of his novels, The Da Vinci Legacy, originally published in 1983, and Daughter of God, originally published in 2000. He sought to block distribution of the book and film. However, Judge George Daniels of the US District Court in New York ruled against Perdue in 2005, saying that "A reasonable average lay observer would not conclude that The Da Vinci Code is substantially similar to Daughter of God" and that "Any slightly similar elem...

    The book was parodied by Adam Roberts and Toby Clements with the books The Va Dinci Cod, and The Asti Spumante Code, respectively, both in 2005.
    A 2005 telemovie spin-off of the Australian television series Kath & Kim parodied the film version as Da Kath and Kim Codein 2005.
    The 2006 BBC programme Dead Ringers parodied The Da Vinci Code, calling it the "Da Rolf HarrisCode".
    South African political cartoonist Zapiro published a 2006 book collection of his strips entitled Da Zuma Code, which parodies the former deputy president Jacob Zuma.

    The book has been translated into over 40 languages, primarily hardcover. In reference to Richard Leigh and Michael Baigent, two of the authors of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, Brown named the principal Grail expert of his story "Leigh Teabing", an anagram of "Baigent Leigh". Brown confirmed this during the court case. In reply to the suggesti...

    Book jacket

    Part of the advertising campaign for the novel was that the artwork in the American version of the bookjacket held various codes, and that the reader who solved them via the author's website would be given a prize. Several thousand people actually solved the codes, and one name was randomly chosen to be the winner, with the name announced on live television, Good Morning America, in early 2004. The prize was a trip to Paris. The five hidden puzzles reveal: 1. That the back of the book jacket...

    Pages

    All of the puzzles listed below can be found within the page headers in the Mass Market US Paperback edition of The Da Vinci Code. 1. Page 60: "Ankh Fendile" (anagram of "knife handle") in place of "Dan Brown" 2. Page 95: "De Lancs" (anagram of "candles") in place of "Da Vinci" 3. Page 138: "Das Brilli" (anagram of "billiards") in place of "Dan Brown" 4. Page 141: "La Sufrete" (anagram of "true/false") in place of "Da Vinci" 5. Page 155: "sos" in place of page number 6. Page 192: "Reon Tigald...

    Main article: The Da Vinci Code (film)Columbia Pictures adapted the novel to film, with a screenplay written by Akiva Goldsman, and Academy Award winner Ron Howard directing. The film was released on May 19, 2006, and stars Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, Audrey Tautou as Sophie Neveu, and Sir Ian McKellen as Leigh Teabing. The film had an opening wee...

  4. 'The Da Vinci code' by Dan Brown does not feature so many characters, but they all play key roles that advance the story. 'The Da Vinci Code' is the second of the Langdon series, so we get a protagonist whom Brown fans are already familiar with and meet new characters who present a br...

  5. The Da Vinci Code Characters Listed With Descriptions. Major Characters Only (MCO) · Robert Langdon: A Harvard professor of symbology who is called to the Louvre Museum in Paris to examine the body of Jacques Saunière, the curator, who has been murdered in a bizarre fashion.

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  7. The Da Vinci Code study guide contains a biography of Dan Brown, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. The The Da Vinci Code Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community ...

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