5th Sem Project On Da Vinci Code
STORY OF THE HIDDEN SYMBOLS
About Dan Brown: Dan brown born on June 22, 1964 is an American author for thriller fiction. He is best known for The Da Vinci Code 2003 a bestselling Mystery- detective novel. Brown’s novels are treasure hunts sets in 24 - hour period, and features the recurring themes of cryptography, keys, symbols, codes and conspiracy theories. His books have been translated into 52 languages and 2 of them, The Da Vinci Code and Angles & Demons were adapted into films. His other novels are Digital Fortree, Deception Point, The Lost Symbol and Inferno.
Brown was born and raised in Exeter, New Hampshire,United States. He grew up on the campus of Philips Exeter Academy, where his father was a teacher of mathematics, and wrote textbooks from 1968 until his retirement in 1997. While on vacation on Tahiti in 1993, Brown read Sidney Sheldon’s novel The Doomsday Conspiracy, and was inspired to become a writer of thrillers. He starts work on Digital Fortress, setting much of it Seville, where he had studied in 1985. He also co-wrote a humour book with his wife. In 1996, Brown quit teaching to become a full- time writer. Digital Fortress was published in 1998. Few months later, Brown and his wife released The Bald Book, another humour book. Brown subsequently wrote Angels & Demons (2000) and Deception Point (2001). The former was the first to feature the protagonist, Robert Langdon an expert Harvard symbologist. Thereafter in the next three novels, The Da Vinci Code (2003), The lost symbol (2009) and Inferno (2013), Brown featured the lead character as Robert Langdon. In 2006 interview brown has stated that he had ideas for about 12 future booksfeaturing Robert Langdon. Brown’s first three
About Dan Brown: Dan brown born on June 22, 1964 is an American author for thriller fiction. He is best known for The Da Vinci Code 2003 a bestselling Mystery- detective novel. Brown’s novels are treasure hunts sets in 24 - hour period, and features the recurring themes of cryptography, keys, symbols, codes and conspiracy theories. His books have been translated into 52 languages and 2 of them, The Da Vinci Code and Angles & Demons were adapted into films. His other novels are Digital Fortree, Deception Point, The Lost Symbol and Inferno.
Brown was born and raised in Exeter, New Hampshire,United States. He grew up on the campus of Philips Exeter Academy, where his father was a teacher of mathematics, and wrote textbooks from 1968 until his retirement in 1997. While on vacation on Tahiti in 1993, Brown read Sidney Sheldon’s novel The Doomsday Conspiracy, and was inspired to become a writer of thrillers. He starts work on Digital Fortress, setting much of it Seville, where he had studied in 1985. He also co-wrote a humour book with his wife. In 1996, Brown quit teaching to become a full- time writer. Digital Fortress was published in 1998. Few months later, Brown and his wife released The Bald Book, another humour book. Brown subsequently wrote Angels & Demons (2000) and Deception Point (2001). The former was the first to feature the protagonist, Robert Langdon an expert Harvard symbologist. Thereafter in the next three novels, The Da Vinci Code (2003), The lost symbol (2009) and Inferno (2013), Brown featured the lead character as Robert Langdon. In 2006 interview brown has stated that he had ideas for about 12 future booksfeaturing Robert Langdon. Brown’s first three
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