The Rough Guide to The Lost Symbol (Rough Guide Reference) - Softcover

Haag, Michael; Rough Guides

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848360096 ISBN 13: 9781848360099

Publisher: Rough Guides, 2009

Synopsis

Dan Brown's new thriller The Lost Symbol is the biggest global publishing phenomenon since his runaway bestseller The Da Vinci Code. The new adventures of mystery-solving Professor of Symbology, Robert Langdon have attracted huge global interest and fresh controversies concerning Dan Brown's ideas, characters and thoughts on mythology and history.The Rough Guide to The Lost Symbol traces all the debates concerning religion and secret societies and the views of historians on Dan Brown's plots and ideas. It casts an eye on the locations of the book and how you can visit them and explains how The Lost Symbol connects to Brown's previous work and other books. Whether you are a Dan Brown fanatic, sceptic or agnostic there is no doubting the excitement generated by his exciting stories all of which are explored in this guide. This new Rough Guide has the key to understanding The Lost Symbol.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Haag has authored several books on history, travel, biography and literary studies including The Rough Guide to the Da Vinci Code

From the Back Cover

The adventures of symbologist Robert Langdon in The Lost Symbol have created a tidal wave of curiosity about the mysteries revealed in this unique thriller. Who are the Freemasons? What are their origins and secrets? What is noetic science? What does Dan Brown mean by the Ancient Mysteries, and what is the truth about the illustrious adepts transmitting hidden knowledge from Ancient Egypt to America's Founding Fathers?

This Rough Guide explores every aspect of the world of the novel and its historcial and contemporary significance, including:
The true stories behind the Washington locations and monuments;
The real nature of the book's revelations and supposed claims regarding science, symbols and religion;
The facts and the sources behind Dan Brown's use of esoteric material.

This amply illustrated Rough Guide provides the key to understanding the wider background of the most challenging and provocative novel of recent years.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rough Guides
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848360096
• ISBN 13: 9781848360099
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256