Summary:
In the DaVinci Code, by Dan Brown, Jacques Sauniere was a curator for the Louvre Museum in Paris, France who held a few secrets that a certain group wanted.
Jacques Sauniere was a curator for the Louvre Museum in Paris, France who held a few secrets that a certain group wanted. In the last few minutes before his death, he managed to strip down and position his body in a life sized replica of Leonardo da Vinci's The Vitruvian Man along with leaving a strange message and drawing a pentacle on his stomach. Now the police are to find out the meaning behind this message and in doing so they call in Robert Langdon, a symbologist. Shortly after Langdon's arrival to the museum, Sophie Neveu, a cryptographer, comes in and informs them that she had deciphered the numerical part of the message. She then has Robert Langdon listen to a message from the U. S. Embassy. The story goes on and the mysteries grow, but they finally ended up in a Swiss depository bank with a key from Sophie's grandfather, Jacques Sauniere. They are wanted by French police for the murder of Jacques Sauniere. As they escape the bank they take with them a box that was in the depository. They run to the house of Leigh Teabing, a former British Royal Historian. The story and detail go on from there, but by telling you, would be giving the amazing ending away. All I can tell you is that the rest of the story is a quest to find the Holy Grail.
This book was so hard to put down when I first picked it up to read.
The whole book is over a two day period, therefore giving more detail to capture and enthrall the reader. There is so much detail in fact it is almost impossible to not believe what you are reading. Brown's use of research is impeccable and makes the book that much more interesting because a great deal of the information is true. His characters are so life-like and humanistic that you get more into the story as if in a dream where everything seems as real as you are. They are all so interesting and brilliant and yet still have their flaws and screw-ups. The setting throughout the book is so detailed that you have a perfect picture in your mind what is going on, and where it's taking place. The mood of the story is of suspense and mystery, while at the same time thrilling throughout the entire book. I love the coding and hidden messages and revealing of hidden messages that appear in history. The fact that this story takes place over 2 days is also another thing that I was pleased with. The one and only thing I didn't enjoy about this book is how confusing some parts of the book are. You have to re-read some things in order for you to completely understand them and to catch the true meaning of what Brown was trying to say.
I think that Dan Brown's purpose to this book was to entertain us, while at the same time teaching us. I think that he was maybe looking for a way to make history exciting, interesting, and easier for the reader to understand. He wants us to think about the symbology behind a lot of historical events, hidden messages in some artwork, and to really understand the role of women.
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