The Da Vinci Code: the Illustrated Edition

Dan Brown

ISBN 10: 0593054253 / ISBN 13: 9780593054253

Published by Bantam Press, London, 2004

About this Item

As new deluxe version with colour photo illustrations of locations and artifacts mentioned in book. Black fibre boards with gilt titles to spine. 467 numbered pages all unmarked. D/w minor crinkles to top edges. Binding still tight. Size 21 x 26 cm Sadly extra postage for delivery outside UK due to weight.

Seller Inventory # 009014

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Da Vinci Code: the Illustrated Edition
• Publisher: Bantam Press, London
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593054253
• ISBN 13: 9780593054253
• Binding: Fibre Board
• Illustrator: Various
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Harvard professor Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call while on business in Paris: the elderly curator of the Louvre, Jacques Saunière, has been brutally murdered inside the museum. Alongside the body, police have found a series of baffling codes. As Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, begin to sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Leonardo Da Vinci - and suggests the answer to a mystery that stretches deep into the vault of history.

Langdon suspects the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion - a centuries old secret society - and has sacrificed his life to protect the Priory's most sacred trust: the location of a vastly important religious relic hidden for centuries. But it now appears that Opus Dei, a clandestine sect that has long plotted to seize the Prirory's secret, has now made its move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code and quickly assemble the pieces of the puzzle, the Priory's secret - and a stunning historical truth - will be lost forever...

Breaking the mould of traditional suspense novels, The Da Vinci Code is simultaneously lightning-paced, intelligent and intricately layered with remarkable research and detail. And in this exclusive edition Dan Brown allows the reader behind the scenes of the novel which now incorporates over 150 photographs and illustrations throughout the text showing the rich historical tapestry from which he drew his inspiration. The visual sources which provide both the backdrop and the stimulus for the novel's action are revealed for the first time and uniquely complement the reading experience.

About the Author

Dan Brown is the bestselling author of Digital Fortress, Deception Point, Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he has taught English and creative writing. He lives in New England and can be found on the web at www.danbrown.com