| 2003 NY: Doubleday First edition (thus), first printing, Special Collector's Edition, mint, new/unread in a flawless dustjacket, author signed bookplate laid-in.P>This special collectors edition of The Da Vinci Code is filled with sumptuous full-color illustrations that bring the art, imagery, and iconography of Dan Browns compelling story to vivid life. Ten million hardcovers in print . . . dominating NY Times #1 spot for a year and a half . . . soon to be a Ron Howard film!! Don't miss this special oversize collector edition, a beautiful addition to any library! While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion -- an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others. In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can deipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret -- and an explosive hysterical truth -- will be lost forever. THE DA VINCI CODE heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightening-paced, intelligent thriller utterly unpredictable right up to its stunning conclusion. |
