The Da Vinci Code : a successful but controversial politico-religious thriller

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The Da Vinci Code is a very successful politico-religious thriller. The novel was published in the United States in March 2003 and in France a year later. This novel has also been translated in more than 40 languages, which is a proof of the worldwide success of this thriller. The author, Dan Brown, a former English teacher, is interested in aspects of code-breaking and covert government agencies. He published his first novel, Digital Fortress, in 1998, in which he explored the fine line between civilian privacy and national security. He then published two other books, Angels and Demons in 2000 and Deception Point in 2001. Though these novels have been quite popular in the US, Dan Brown is now reaching a worldwide success thanks to the widespread fame attributed to The Da Vinci Code. On the other hand, behind this success, there is also a big controversy that surrounds the novel.

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[...] The pre-Christian God Mithras called the Son of God and the Light of the World was born on December By the way, December 25 is also the birthday of Osiris, Adonis and Dionysus. Even Christianity's weekly holy day was stolen from the pagans” + the reader learns about Leonardo Da Vinci's work But I just said reader has the impression to learn” because in fact all the facts and symbols used in this book are not true. That's also why this book created a big controversy and has been criticised a lot, by the Catholic Church for instance. II . [...]

[...] And then they are going to Scotland, where the Da Vinci Code story ends. Special price for a 9-day tour (without the plane tickets to go to Paris) : 3000 dollars / person And this summer people have visited the Saint-Sulpice church (which is part of the story) to check the signs spread in the book. And the priest was so upset that he put a sign saying that everything in the book concerning his church was wrong. So, in more than one year, the Da Vinci Code has become a worldwide success and business Reasons of such a success the Da Vinci Code is a page-turning thriller chapters are short, each two pages something new happens, so you can't stop reading it although the book is about 500 pages, it's difficult to make it last more than 5 days the author is using the plot theory, which is very popular among people indeed, in the Da Vinci Code, he is suggesting that through centuries, the Catholic Church has kept something secret to keep its hegemony on the society. [...]

[...] What made of the Da Vinci Code a worldwide success . The story of the Da Vinci Code The story begins with the murder of Jacques Saunière, curator (conservateur) of the Louvre Museum. Just before he died, he found the energy to undress, to draw a pentacle on his abdomen with his blood and a circle on the floor in the middle of which he laid down, with his arms and legs wide apart, like in Leonardo Da Vinci's famous drawing, The Vitruvian Man. [...]

[...] The Da Vinci Code : a successful but controversial politico-religious thriller Introduction : The Da Vinci Code is a very successful politico-religious thriller, published in the US in March 2003 and in France one year later. This novel has also been translated in more than 40 languages, which is a proof of the worldwide success of this thriller. The author, Dan Brown, is a former English teacher, interested in code- breaking and covert government agencies. He published his first novel, Digital Fortress, in 1998, in which he explored the fine line between civilian privacy and national security. [...]

[...] In 1975 Paris's Bibliothèque Nationale discovered parchments known as Les dossiers secrets, identifying numerous members of the Priory of Sion, including Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Leonardo da Vinci” In fact, the Priory of Sion is just a basic organization, founded in 1956 by Pierre Plantard, whose goal was to defend rights and liberties of people who lived in low-cost housing (HLM) in a town of the Alps. Several years later, Pierre Plantard a bit crazy - created false parchments proving he had royal ancestors. He also created a document about the creation of the Priory of Sion in 1099 and a list of all the former members of the supposed- to-be secret society. [...]