The Da Vinci Code (The Young Adult Adaptation)

Zusatztext "Engrossing! prompting quick turns of the page and readings in one sitting. A satisfying adaptation for teens."-- Kirkus Reviews Online Informationen zum Autor DAN BROWN is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including The Da Vinci Code , Inferno , The Lost Symbol , Angels & Demons , Deception Point , and Digital Fortress . He lives in New England with his wife and is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he spent time as an English teacher before turning his efforts fully to writing. Visit him at danbrown.com and follow him at @AuthorDanBrown on Twitter. Klappentext Dan Brown's mega-bestseller is now available for a new generation of readers. This young adult adaptation is the perfect way to get ready for Origin! the latest novel featuring the character Robert Langdon. It will remind fans everywhere why the New York Times calls The Da Vinci Code "blockbuster perfection." Includes over twenty color photos showing important locations! landmarks! and artwork! taking readers from Paris to London and beyond! The greatest conspiracy of the past two thousand years is about to unravel. Robert Langdon! professor of religious symbology at Harvard! is in Paris to give a lecture. At the reception that follows! he is scheduled to meet with a revered curator from the world-famous Louvre museum. But the curator never shows up! and later that night Langdon is awakened by authorities and told that the curator has been found dead. He is then taken to the Louvre-the scene of the crime-where he finds out that baffling clues have been left behind. Thus begins a race against time! as Robert Langdon becomes a suspect and! with the help of French cryptologist Sophie Neveu! must decipher a mystifying trail of clues that the two come to realize have been left specifically for them. If Robert and Sophie cannot solve the puzzle in time! an ancient truth could be lost forever-and they themselves might end up as collateral damage. Praise for the adult edition of The Da Vinci Code "WOW . . . Blockbuster perfection. An exhilaratingly brainy thriller. Not since the advent of Harry Potter has an author so flagrantly delighted in leading readers on a breathless chase and coaxing them through hoops."-The New York Times "A new master of smart thrills. A pulse-quickening! brain-teasing adventure."-People Robert Langdon awoke slowly. A telephone was ringing in the darkness­a tinny, un­familiar ring. He fumbled for the bedside lamp and turned it on. Squinting at his surroundings, he saw a plush bedroom with antique eighteenth-­century furniture, hand-­frescoed walls, and a colossal mahogany four-­poster bed. Where am I? The jacquard bathrobe hanging on his bedpost bore the monogram Hotel Ritz Paris. Slowly, the fog began to lift. Sitting up, he gazed tiredly into the full-­length mirror across the room. The man staring back at him was a stranger­tousled and weary, his usually sharp blue eyes hazy and drawn. A dark stubble was shrouding his strong jaw, and around his temples the gray highlights were advancing, making their way deeper into his thicket of coarse black hair. He picked up the receiver. Hello? Monsieur Langdon? a man's voice said. I hope I have not interrupted you? Dazed, Langdon looked at the bedside clock. It was 12:32 a.m. He had been asleep only an hour; he felt like the dead. This is the concierge, monsieur. I apologize for this intrusion, but you have a visitor. He insists it is urgent. Langdon still felt fuzzy. A visitor? His eyes focused on a crumpled flyer on his bedside table. The American University of Paris proudly presents an evening with robert langdon professor of religious symbology, harvard university, ...

Autorentext

DAN BROWN is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including The Da Vinci Code, Inferno, The Lost Symbol, Angels & Demons, Deception Point, and Digital Fortress. He lives in New England with his wife and is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he spent time as an English teacher before turning his efforts fully to writing. Visit him at danbrown.com and follow him at @AuthorDanBrown on Twitter.

Klappentext

Dan Brown's mega-bestseller is now available for a new generation of readers. This young adult adaptation is the perfect way to get ready for Origin, the latest novel featuring the character Robert Langdon. It will remind fans everywhere why the New York Times calls The Da Vinci Code "blockbuster perfection."

Includes over twenty color photos showing important locations, landmarks, and artwork, taking readers from Paris to London and beyond!

The greatest conspiracy of the past two thousand years is about to unravel.

Robert Langdon, professor of religious symbology at Harvard, is in Paris to give a lecture. At the reception that follows, he is scheduled to meet with a revered curator from the world-famous Louvre museum. But the curator never shows up, and later that night Langdon is awakened by authorities and told that the curator has been found dead. He is then taken to the Louvre-the scene of the crime-where he finds out that baffling clues have been left behind.

Thus begins a race against time, as Robert Langdon becomes a suspect and, with the help of French cryptologist Sophie Neveu, must decipher a mystifying trail of clues that the two come to realize have been left specifically for them. If Robert and Sophie cannot solve the puzzle in time, an ancient truth could be lost forever-and they themselves might end up as collateral damage.

Praise for the adult edition of The Da Vinci Code

"WOW . . . Blockbuster perfection. An exhilaratingly brainy thriller. Not since the advent of Harry Potter has an author so flagrantly delighted in leading readers on a breathless chase and coaxing them through hoops."-The New York Times

"A new master of smart thrills. A pulse-quickening, brain-teasing adventure."-People

Leseprobe
Robert Langdon awoke slowly.

A telephone was ringing in the darkness—­a tinny, un­familiar ring. He fumbled for the bedside lamp and turned it on. Squinting at his surroundings, he saw a plush bedroom with antique eighteenth-­century furniture, hand-­frescoed walls, and a colossal mahogany four-­poster bed.

Where am I?

The jacquard bathrobe hanging on his bedpost bore the monogram Hotel Ritz Paris.

Slowly, the fog began to lift. Sitting up, he gazed tiredly into the full-­length mirror across the room. The man staring back at him was a stranger—­tousled and weary, his usually sharp blue eyes hazy and drawn. A dark stubble was shrouding his strong jaw, and around his temples the gray highlights were advancing, making their way deeper into his thicket of coarse black hair.

He picked up the receiver. “Hello?”

“Monsieur Langdon?” a man’s voice said. “I hope I have not interrupted you?”

Dazed, Langdon looked at the bedside clock. It was 12:32 a.m. He had been asleep only an hour; he felt like the dead.

“This is the concierge, monsieur. I apologize for this intrusion, but you have a visitor. He insists it is urgent.”

Langdon still felt fuzzy. A visitor? His eyes focused on a crumpled flyer on his bedside table.

The American University of Paris

proudly presents

an evening with robert langdon

professor of religious symbology,

harvard university, usa

Langdon groaned. His books on religious paintings and symbols had made him a reluctant celebrity in the art world, and tonight’s lecture—­a slide show about pagan symbolism hidden in the stones of Chartres Cathedral—­had probably ruffled some conservative feathers in the audience. Most likely, some religious scholar had trailed him home to pick a fight.

“I’m sorry,” Langdon said…