THE DA VINCI CODE NOVEL.

Author:Dan Brown.
Genres:Thriller, crime, mystery fiction.
Publication date:18th-march-2003(US) and 1st-july-2003(UK).
Pages:454(US hardback edition) and 359(UK hardback edition).

Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code was only outsold by the bestseller J.k Rowling's harry potter and the order of the pheonix. This book was the winner of the Book Sense's 2004 book of the year award. It is a worldwide bestseller that had 60.5 million copies by May 2006 and this book has been translated into 44 different languages as well.
This book follows symbologist Robert Langdon as he discovers a battle over the priory of sion and opus dei over the possibility of Jesus christ of Nazareth having been married to and fathering a child with Mary Magdalene.
SUMMARY:
This book describes the attempts of Robert Langdon to solve the murder case of the famous curater Jacques Sauniere of the Louvre Meuseum in Paris. Sauniere's grand daughter Sophie Neveu and Robert Langdon attempt to sort out the bizzare riddles and are stunned to discover a trial of clues hidden in the art work of Leonardo Da Vinci.

THE CHARACTERS IN THIS BOOK:
Robert Langdon
Jacques Sauniere
Sophie Neveu
Bezu Fache
Silus
Manuel Aringarosa
Andre Vernet
Leigh Teabing
Remy Legaludec
Jerome Collet
Marie Chauvel Saint-Clair.