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{{infobox Book
| name = The Da Vinci Code
| orig title =
| translator =
| image = [[Image:DaVinciCode.jpg|200px]]
| image_caption = First US edition cover
| author = [[Dan Brown]]
| cover_artist =
| country = [[United States]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| series =
| classification = [[fiction]]
| genre = [[Thriller (genre)|Thriller]], [[Crime novel|Crime]], [[Fiction]], [[Mystery novel]]
| publisher = [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] (U.S.) & [[Bantam Books|Bantam]] (UK)
| release_date = [[18 March]] [[2003]] (U.S.) & [[1 July]] [[2003]] (UK)
| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]] & [[Paperback]]) also Audio book
| pages = 454 p. (US hardback edition) & 359 p. (UK hardback edition)
| isbn = ISBN 0-385-50420-9 (US hardback edition), ISBN 0-593-05244-7 (UK hardback edition) & ISBN 1-4000-7917-9 (US paperback edition)
| preceded_by = [[Deception Point]]
| followed_by = [[The Solomon Key]]
}}
'''''The Da Vinci Code''''' is a controversial [[mystery fiction|mystery]]/[[detective fiction|detective]] [[novel]] by [[US]] author [[Dan Brown]], published in 2003 by [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]. It follows [[symbologist]] [[Robert Langdon]] as he investigates a murder in the [[Louvre]], and discovers a battle between the [[Priory of Sion]] and [[Opus Dei]] over the possibility of [[Jesus]] having been married to and fathering children with [[Mary Magdalene]].

This novel has provoked a popular interest in speculation concerning the [[Holy Grail]] legend and the role of Mary Magdalene in the [[history of Christianity]]. The novel has been extensively criticized by Catholics and [[List of Christian denominations|other Christians]] as a dishonest attack on the Church. It has also been criticized for [[Criticisms of The Da Vinci Code|historical inaccuracy]].

Dan Brown's novel was a major success in 2004 and at times it was outsold only by the highly popular [[Harry Potter]] series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2003-12-11-da-vinci-code_x.htm|title='Code' deciphers interest in religious history}}</ref> It spawned a number of offspring books and drew glowing reviews from the ''[[New York Times]]'', ''[[People Magazine]]'' and the ''[[Washington Post]]''.<ref>[http://www.danbrown.com/novels/davinci_code/reviews.html Reviews of The Da Vinci Code], Official site of Dan Brown </ref> It also re-ignited interest in the [[history of the Roman Catholic Church]]. Additionally, ''The Da Vinci Code'', itself preceded by other Grail books such as ''[[The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail]]'' by [[Michael Baigent]] and others, and [[Umberto Eco]]'s ''[[Foucault's Pendulum]]'', has inspired a number of novels very similar to it, including Raymond Khoury's ''[[The Last Templar]]'', and ''The Templar Legacy'' by [[Steve Berry]].

It is a worldwide [[bestseller]] which had 60.5 million copies in print by [[May 2006]] and has been translated into 44 languages. It is thought to be the 19th [[List of best-selling books|best-selling]] book of all time. Combining the [[Detective fiction|detective]], [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] and [[conspiracy fiction]] genres, the book is the second book by Dan Brown to include the character [[Robert Langdon]], the first being his 2000 novel ''[[Angels and Demons]]''. In November 2004 [[Random House]] published a "Special Illustrated Edition" with 160 illustrations.

In 2006, a [[film adaptation]], ''[[The Da Vinci Code (film)|The Da Vinci Code]]'', was released by [[Columbia Pictures]].

==Plot summary==
The book describes the attempts of [[Robert Langdon]], Professor of Religious [[Symbology]] at [[Harvard University]], to solve the murder of renowned [[curator]] Jacques Saunière (''see'' [[Bérenger Saunière]]) of the [[Louvre|Louvre Museum]] in [[Paris]]. The title of the novel refers to, among other things, the fact that Saunière's body is found in the Denon Wing of the Louvre, naked and posed like [[Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo da Vinci's]] famous drawing, the ''[[Vitruvian Man]]'', with a cryptic message written beside his body and a [[Pentacle]] drawn on his stomach in his own blood.

[[Image:Da Vinci Vitruve Luc Viatour.jpg|thumb|''[[Vitruvian Man]]'', by [[Leonardo da Vinci]].]]
The interpretation of [[hidden message]]s in Leonardo's famous works, (which relate to the concept of the [[sacred feminine]]) including the ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' and ''[[The Last Supper (Leonardo)|The Last Supper]]'', figure prominently in the solution to the mystery.

The novel has several concurrent subplots interweaving the lives of different characters; eventually all the characters are brought together and the subplots resolved in the [[denouement]].
The unraveling of the mystery requires the solution to a series of brain-teasers, including [[anagram]]s and number puzzles. The ultimate solution is found to be intimately connected with the possible location of the [[Holy Grail]] and to a mysterious society called the [[Priory of Sion]], as well as to the [[Knights Templar]]. The story also involves the Roman Catholic organization [[Opus Dei]].

The novel is the second book by Brown in which [[Robert Langdon]] is the main character. The previous book, ''[[Angels & Demons]]'', took place in [[Rome]] and concerned the [[Illuminati]]. Although ''Angels & Demons'' is centred on the same character, the plots are not dependent upon each other. The next book is tentatively scheduled for release in 2008. Its title is ''[[The Solomon Key]]'' and it is reported to concern [[Freemasonry]]{{Fact|date=October 2007}}.

==Characters and their involvement in ''The Da Vinci Code''==

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These are the principal characters that drive the plot. Some have names that are [[pun]]s, anagrams or hidden clues:
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*[[Robert Langdon]]
*[[Jacques Saunière]]
*[[Sophie Neveu]]
*[[Bezu Fache]]
*[[Silas (The Da Vinci Code)|Silas]]
*[[Bishop Manuel Aringarosa]]
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*[[André Vernet]]
*Elliott Paffey
*[[Sir Leigh Teabing]]
*[[Rémy Legaludec]]
*[[Lieutenant Jérôme Collet]]
*[[Guardian of the Rosslyn Trust]]
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*Apparently, the relationship between Langdon and [[Vittoria Vetra]] from ''Angels and Demons'' has ended.
* The full message Saunière wrote on the floor of the Louvre contained the line "P.S. Find [[Robert Langdon]]", which was the reason Bezu Fache suspected Langdon of being the murderer. Fache had erased this line before Langdon arrived so that Langdon would be unaware that the police suspected him. Sophie Neveu saw the entire text of the message when it was [[fax]]ed to her office by the police. Sophie realized immediately that the message was meant for her, since her grandfather used to call her "Princess Sophie" (i.e. "PS"). From this, she also knew Langdon to be innocent. She secretly informs him of this when they are in the [[Louvre]] by having him call her personal [[voicemail]] box and listen to the message that she had left there for him.
* [[Robert Langdon]] and Sophie Neveu seem to be [[falling in love]]. They arrange to meet in [[Florence, Italy|Florence]] as Robert and Vittoria did in ''Angels and Demons''.
* Jacques Saunière was the Grand Master of the [[Priory of Sion]] and therefore knew the hidden location of the "keystone", which leads to the [[Holy Grail]] and documents which would shake the foundation of [[Christianity]] and the [[Catholic Church|Church]]. He was killed in an attempt to extract this information from him as well as eliminating the top members of the Priory of Sion.
* The reason that Sophie Neveu disassociated herself from her grandfather is that she discovered him participating in a pagan sex ritual ([[Hieros Gamos]]) at his home in [[Normandy]], when she made a surprise visit there during a break from [[boarding school]]. (That she had observed something is mentioned and hinted at several times throughout the complicated story, but what it is that she saw is revealed to no one, including the reader, until near the end when she reveals it to Robert.)
* The other three lines of Saunière's blood message are anagrams. The first line are the digits of the [[Fibonacci number|Fibonacci sequence]] out of order. The second and third lines ("O, Draconian devil!" and "Oh, lame saint!") are anagrams respectively for "Leonardo da Vinci" and "The ''Mona Lisa''" (inexplicably written in English). These clues were meant to lead to a second set of clues. On the glass over the [[Mona Lisa]], Saunière wrote the message "So dark the con of Man" with a curator's pen that can only be read in [[ultra-violet]] light. This clue is an anagram for ''[[Virgin of the Rocks|Madonna of the Rocks]]'', another Da Vinci painting hanging nearby. Behind this painting, Saunière hid a key. On the key, written with the curator's pen, is an address.
* The key opens a [[safe deposit box]] at the Paris branch of the [[Depository Bank of Zurich]]. Saunière's account number at the bank is a 10-digit number listing the digits of the first eight [[Fibonacci number]]s: 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21.
* The instructions that Saunière revealed to Silas at gunpoint are actually a well-rehearsed lie, namely that the keystone is buried in the Church of [[Saint-Sulpice (Paris)|Saint-Sulpice]] beneath an [[obelisk]] that lies exactly along the ancient "Rose Line" ([[Paris Meridian|the former Prime Meridian]] which passed through Paris before it was redesignated to pass through [[Greenwich]]). The message beneath the obelisk simply contains a reference to a passage in the [[Book of Job]] (38:11a, KJV) which reads in part "Hitherto shalt thou go and no further". When Silas reads this, he realizes he has been duped.
* The keystone is actually a [[cryptex]], a cylindrical device supposedly invented by [[Leonardo Da Vinci]] for transporting secure messages. In order to open it the combination of rotating components must be arranged in the correct order. If the cryptex is forced open an enclosed vial of vinegar ruptures and dissolves the message, which was written on [[papyrus]]. The [[Rosewood (timber)|rosewood]] box containing the cryptex contains clues to the combination of the cryptex, written in backwards script in the same manner as Leonardo's journals. [[Image:Isaac Newton grave in Westminster Abbey.jpg|thumb|Newton's grave in Westminster Abbey]]
* The keystone cryptex actually contains a second smaller cryptex with a second riddle that reveals its combination. The riddle, which says to seek the orb that should be on the tomb of "a knight a pope interred", refers not to a medieval knight, but rather to the tomb of [[Isaac Newton|Sir Isaac Newton]], who was buried in [[Westminster Abbey]], and was [[Eulogy|eulogized]] by [[Alexander Pope]] (A. Pope). The missing orb refers to the apple which, in popular legend, fell on Newton and inspired the development of his [[theory of gravity]], therefore the combination to the second cryptex is "A-P-P-L-E".
* [[The Teacher]] is Sir Leigh Teabing. He learns of the identities of the leaders of the [[Priory of Sion]], bugs their offices and has Silas assassinate them. Rémy is his collaborator. It is Teabing who contacted Bishop Aringarosa, hiding his identity, and duped him into financing the plan to find the Grail. He never intended to hand the Grail over to Aringarosa but is taking advantage of Opus Dei's resolve to find it. Teabing believes that the Priory of Sion has broken its vow to reveal the secret of the Grail to the world at the appointed time. and plans to steal the Grail documents and reveal them to the world himself. It was he who informed Silas that Langdon and Sophie Neveu were at his chateau. He did not seize the keystone from them himself because he did not want to reveal his identity. He summoned Silas to seize the keystone in his house, but himself thwarted Silas, in order to gain Langdon and Sophie's further help with decoding the cryptex. Subsequently, the police raided the house, having followed the tracking device in the truck Langdon had stolen. Teabing led Neveu and Langdon to the [[Temple Church]] in London, knowing full well that it was a dead end, in order to stage the hostage scene with Rémy and thereby obtain the keystone without revealing his real plot to Langdon and Neveu. The call Silas received while riding in the limousine with Rémy is in fact Teabing, surreptitiously calling from the back of the limousine.
* In order to erase all knowledge of his work, Teabing kills Rémy by giving him [[Cognac (drink)|cognac]] laced with [[peanut]] powder, knowing Rémy has a deadly allergy to peanuts. Thus, Rémy dies of an [[Anaphylaxis|anaphylactic shock]]. Teabing also anonymously tells the police that Silas is hiding in the London headquarters of Opus Dei.
* In a showdown with Teabing in [[Westminster Abbey]], Langdon secretly opens the second cryptex and removes its contents before destroying it in front of Teabing. Teabing is arrested and led away while fruitlessly begging Langdon to tell him the contents of the second cryptex and the secret location of the Grail.
* Bishop Aringarosa and Silas believe they are saving the [[Catholic Church|Church]], not destroying it.
* Bezu Fache finds out that Neveu and Langdon are innocent after Bishop Aringarosa contacts him privately to confess.
* Silas accidentally shoots Aringarosa outside the London headquarters of Opus Dei while fleeing from the police. Realizing his terrible error and that he has been duped, Aringarosa tells Bezu Fache to give the [[bearer bond]]s in his briefcase to the families of the murdered leaders of the Priory of Sion. Silas dies of fatal wounds.
* The final message inside the second keystone actually does not refer to [[Rosslyn Chapel]], although the Grail was indeed once buried there, below the [[Star of David]] on the floor (the two interlocking triangles are the "blade" and "chalice", i.e., male and female symbols).
* The docent in Rosslyn Chapel is Sophie's long-lost brother.
* The guardian of Rosslyn Chapel, Marie Chauvel, is Sophie's long-lost grandmother, and the wife of Jacques Saunière. She is the woman who participated in the sex ritual with Jacques Saunière.
* Even though all four of the leaders of the [[Priory of Sion]] are killed, the secret is not lost, since there is still a contingency plan (never revealed) which will keep the organization and its secret alive.
* The real meaning of the last message is that the [[Holy Grail|Grail]] is buried beneath the small [[pyramid]] (i.e., the "blade", a [[Mars symbol|male symbol]]) directly below the ''inverted'' glass pyramid of the [[Louvre]] (i.e., the "chalice", a [[Gender symbol|female symbol]], which Langdon and Sophie ironically almost crashed into while making their original escape from Bezu Fache). It also lies beneath the "Rose Line," which is similar to "Rosslyn." Langdon figures out this final piece to the puzzle in the last pages of the book, but he does not appear inclined to tell anyone about this. See [[La Pyramide Inversée]] for further discussion.

==Secret of the Holy Grail==
[[Image:Da Vinci The last supper detail Da Vinci code.jpg|thumb|Detail of ''[[The Last Supper (Leonardo)|The Last Supper]]'' by [[Leonardo da Vinci]]|350px|right]]

As explained by [[Sir Leigh Teabing|Leigh Teabing]] to [[Sophie Neveu]], the figure at the right hand of [[Jesus]] is supposedly not the [[John the Apostle|apostle John]], but [[Mary Magdalene]]. According to the book, [[Mary Magdalene]] was the wife of [[Jesus Christ]] and was in fact pregnant with his child when Jesus was [[crucified]]. The absence of a [[Chalice (cup)|chalice]] in the painting supposedly indicates that Leonardo knew that Mary Magdalene was actually the [[Holy Grail]] (the bearer of Jesus' blood). This is said to be reinforced by the letter "V" that is created with the bodily positions of Jesus and Mary, as "V" is the symbol for the [[sacred feminine]]. The apparent absence of the "Apostle John", under this interpretation, is explained by identifying John as "[[Disciple whom Jesus loved|the Disciple Jesus loved]]", allegedly [[Gospel of Philip Mary Magdalene|code]] for [[Mary Magdalene#Assertions about Mary Magdalene|Mary Magdalene]] (see also [[Second Apocalypse of James]]). The book also notes that the [[color scheme]] of their garments are inverted: Jesus wears a red blouse with [[royal blue]] cape; John/Mary wears a royal blue blouse with red cape &mdash; perhaps symbolizing two bonded halves of marriage. Also, if you move John/Mary to left of Jesus, you will see his/her head fits perfectly onto Jesus' shoulder, as if to affectionately lay that head on his shoulder.

According to the novel, the secrets of the [[Holy Grail]], as kept by the [[Priory of Sion]], are as follows:
* Jesus is not the divine [[son of God]], but a human prophet of God.
* The Holy Grail is not a physical chalice, but a woman, namely [[Mary Magdalene]], who carried the [[Jesus bloodline|bloodline of Christ]].
* The [[Old French]] expression for the Holy Grail, ''San gréal'', actually is a play on ''Sang réal'', which literally means "royal blood" in Old French.
* The Grail relics consist of the documents that testify to the bloodline, as well as the actual bones of [[Mary Magdalene]].
* The Grail relics of [[Mary Magdalene]] were hidden by the [[Priory of Sion]] in a secret crypt, perhaps beneath [[Rosslyn Chapel]].
* The Church has suppressed the truth about Mary Magdalene and the Jesus bloodline for 2000 years. This is principally because they fear the power of the [[sacred feminine]] in and of itself and because this would challenge the primacy of [[Saint Peter]] as an apostle.
* [[Mary Magdalene]] was of [[Royal Descent|royal descent]] (through the Jewish [[Benjamin|House of Benjamin]]) and was the wife of [[Jesus]], of the [[David|House of David]]. That she was a [[prostitution|prostitute]] was [[slander]] invented by the [[Catholic Church|Church]] to obscure their true relationship. At the time of the [[Crucifixion]], she was pregnant. After the Crucifixion, she fled to [[Gaul]], where she was sheltered by the [[Jew]]s of [[Marseille]]. She gave birth to a daughter, named [[Saint Sarah|Sarah]]. The bloodline of Jesus and Mary Magdalene became the [[Merovingian]] dynasty of [[France]].
* The existence of the bloodline was the secret that was contained in the documents discovered by the [[Crusades|Crusaders]] after they conquered [[Jerusalem]] in 1099 (see [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]]). The [[Priory of Sion]] and the [[Knights Templar]] were organized to keep the secret.

The secrets of the Grail are connected, according to the novel, to [[Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo Da Vinci's]] work as follows:
* Leonardo was a member of the Priory of Sion and knew the secret of the Grail. The secret is in fact revealed in ''[[The Last Supper]]'', in which no actual chalice is present at the table. The figure seated next to [[Christ]] is not a man, but a woman, his wife [[Mary Magdalene]]. Most reproductions of the work are from a later alteration that obscured her obvious female characteristics.
* The androgyny of the [[Mona Lisa]] reflects the sacred union of male and female which is implied in the holy union of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. Such parity between the cosmic forces of masculine and feminine has long been a deep threat to the established power of the Church. The name ''Mona Lisa'' is actually an anagram for "Amon L'Isa", referring to the father and mother gods of [[Ancient Egyptian religion]] (namely [[Amun]] and [[Isis]]).

A number of different authors also speculate about the possibility of Jesus becoming a father. There are at least three children attributed to him, a daughter Tamar, born before the Crucifixion, and two sons Jesus (the [[Jesus Justus]] from the [[New Testament]]) and Josephes, both born after the Resurrection. Although their names are now part of the common culture of conspiracy writers, only two decades ago, when ''[[The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail]]'' was written, the names were not mentioned. The royal descents that lie at the heart of ''The Da Vinci Code'' mystery centre on the family of Josephes, who is supposed to be the grandfather of Aminadab del Graal, first of the "[[Fisher King]]s". However the genealogies that are quoted in Grail lore appear to record too few generations, with children regularly being born to fathers in their 40s.

===The mystery within the mystery===
Part of the [[advertising campaign]] for the novel was that the artwork in the American version of the bookjacket held various [[cipher|codes]], and that the reader who solved them via the author's website would be given a prize. Several thousand people actually solved the codes, and one name was randomly chosen to be the winner, with the name announced on [[live television]], ''[[Good Morning America]]'', in early 2004. The prize was a trip to Paris.

The five hidden puzzles reveal
* That the back of the book jacket conceals [[latitude]] and [[longitude]] coordinates, written in reverse, [[Pink|light red]] on dark red. Adding one degree to the latitude gives the coordinates of the headquarters of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] in [[Northern Virginia]], which is the location of a mysterious sculpture called ''[[Kryptos]]''. The coordinates were taken from part of the decrypted text of part 2 of the sculpture (part 4 has never been solved). When Brown has been asked why the coordinates are one degree off, his reply has been, "The discrepancy is intentional".
* Bold letters are present on the book jacket. There is a secret message hidden in the text of the book flaps. The message: Is there no help for the widow's son (a reference to [[Freemasonry]]).
* The words "only WW knows" can be seen on the back cover. It is a phrase printed invertedly, in the torn part of the [[book cover]]. This too is a reference to part 2 of the ''Kryptos'' sculpture.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://elonka.com/kryptos/faq.html| title=Frequently-Asked Questions About Kryptos| accessdate=2006-05-19| date=March 28, 2006}}</ref>
* A circle with numbers, between the [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] logo and the barcode, reveals a secret message. These are the chapter numbers where the initial letters are arranged in [[Caesar box]] format.
* There is reverse writing on the cover of the book, which is the riddle for the first cryptex.

Brown, both via [http://www.danbrown.com/ his website] and in person, has stated that the puzzles in the bookjacket give hints about the subject of his next novel, ''[[The Solomon Key]]''. This repeats a theme from his earlier novels. For example, ''[[Deception Point]]'' had an encrypted message which, when solved, said, "''The Da Vinci Code will surface''".

In the [[simplified Chinese]] version of ''The Da Vinci Code'', the cover has a secret text; however, this text can be easily seen. It reads:
"13-3-2-1-1-8-5
O, Draconian devil!
Oh, Lame Saint!
P.S. Find Robert Langdon."
This is the multiply encrypted clue written in [[invisible ink]] next to the dead body in the museum which kicks off the plot of the entire novel.

==Inspiration and influences==
===Direct inspiration===
The novel is part of the exploration of alternative religious history. Its principal source book is listed as per the court case, [[Lynn Picknett]] and Clive Prince's ''[[The Templar Revelation]]'', as well as the books by Margaret Starbird. ''[[The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail]]'' (which is explicitly named, among several others, at the beginning of chapter 60), was stated by Dan Brown not to be amongst his primary research material for the book.
Having paid acknowledgement to the above books as sources of inspiration, Dan Brown's ''The Da Vinci Code'' contains the overriding salient point in its plot: that the [[Merovingian]] [[List of French monarchs|kings of France]] were descendants from the bloodline of [[Jesus Christ]] and [[Mary Magdalene]].
In reference to [[Richard Leigh (author)|Richard Leigh]] and Michael Baigent (two of the authors of ''The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail''), Brown named the principal Grail expert of his story "Leigh Teabing" (an anagram of "Baigent Leigh"). Brown confirmed this during the court case. In reply to the suggestion that Lincoln was also referenced, as he has medical problems resulting in a severe limp, like the character of Leigh Teabing, Brown stated he was unaware of Lincoln's illness and the correspondence was a coincidence. After losing before the [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] in July 12, 2006, Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh appealed, unsuccessfully, to the [[Court of Appeal of England and Wales|Court of Appeal]].<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/12/AR2006071200729.html "Authors who lost 'Da Vinci Code' copying case to mount legal appeal"], [[Associated Press]], July 12, 2006</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12202180/|title=www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12202180/<!--INSERT TITLE-->}}</ref>
Following the trial, it was found that the publicity had actually significantly boosted UK sales of ''[[The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,923-2077840,00|title=www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,923-2077840,00<!--INSERT TITLE-->}}</ref>

Brown has reworked themes and characters from his own earlier novel ''[[Angels and Demons]]'', specifically the main character, Robert Langdon.

European readers and critics noted some striking similarities between the "Da Vinci Code" and a Norwegian novel, "Sirkelens ende" ("Circle's End") by [[Tom Egeland]], published in 2001 (two years before the Da Vinci code). Like the "Da Vinci Code", "Circle's End" involves an ancient [[mystery]] and a worldwide conspiracy, the discovery that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, and an albino as one of the central characters. In both novels, the main female character turns out to be a living descendant of Christ and Mary Magdalene, and the daughter/granddaughter of the last grand master of a secret order. Many European readers have speculated that Dan Brown had plagiarized Tom Egeland's book. Since the Norwegian novel has not been translated into English, it is generally assumed today that the similarities between the two books, although striking, are coincidental. The author himself, Tom Egeland, has in numerous interviews in European media dismissed the claim of Brown's novel plagiarizing his own novel, stating that the similarities just show that he and Brown more or less have done the same research and found the same sources.

===Indirect inspiration===
[[Umberto Eco]]'s earlier ''[[Foucault's Pendulum (book)|Foucault's Pendulum]]'' similarly concerns itself with the Knights Templar, complex conspiracies, secret codes, the Holy Blood conundrum (if mentioned only in passing) and even includes a chase around the monuments of Paris. It does so, however, from a much more critical perspective: it's more a [[satire]] on the futility of [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] and those who believe them, rather than an attempt to proliferate such beliefs. ''Foucault's Pendulum'' has been dubbed "the thinking person's ''Da Vinci Code''". The former is itself, in turn, highly reminiscent in plot, theme and structure, of the ''[[Illuminatus!]]'' trilogy by [[Robert Shea]] and [[Robert Anton Wilson]], which had appeared 13 years earlier.

[[Opus Dei]] was cast in the role of the "evil opposition", used to destroy the bloodline -- although by the end of the book this portrayal is greatly softened. Since the bloodline has never been confirmed as real but merely a theory proposed in ''[[The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail]]'', there is no direct inspiration for this. Opus Dei's controversial reputation permitted Brown to feature the organisation prominently. On a symbolic level, the [[Priory of Sion]] (male and female membership and leadership, "good") and the [[Opus Dei]] (male-only leaders, "bad") are at opposite sides of the scale. The latter is thus depicted as the attack dog of the [[Catholic Church]], seeking to destroy the former and maintain the [[status quo]]. According to the novel, man needs woman for wholeness and, in fact, for experiencing the divine by means of sex (see the [[Hieros Gamos]] ritual)--for example, in one's orgasm, there is a short period of time when a person's mind is completely empty, when one makes contact with God.

==Literary and historical criticism==
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{{main|Criticisms of The Da Vinci Code}}
The book generated criticism when it was first published, due to speculations and misrepresentations of core aspects of Christianity, the history of the [[Catholic Church]], and descriptions of [[Western art history|European art]], history, and architecture. The book has received mostly negative reviews from Catholic and other Christian communities, as well as historians.

On [[February 22, 2004]], an article titled "The Last Word: The Da Vinci Con" appeared in the ''[[New York Times]]'' by writer Laura Miller.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E0DD103AF931A15751C0A9629C8B63|title=query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E0DD103AF931A15751C0A9629C8B63<!--INSERT TITLE-->}}</ref> Miller attacks the Da Vinci Code on multiple levels, referring to it as "based on a notorious hoax", "rank nonsense", and "bogus", as she points out how heavily the book rests on the fabrications of [[Pierre Plantard]] (including the Priory of Sion which did not exist until Plantard created it) who in 1953 was arrested and convicted for just such frauds.

Critics accuse Brown of distorting and fabricating history. For example, Marcia Ford wrote:

{{cquote|Regardless of whether you agree with Brown's conclusions, it's clear that his history is largely fanciful, which means he and his publisher have violated a long-held if unspoken agreement with the reader: Fiction that purports to present historical facts should be researched as carefully as a nonfiction book would be.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.faithfulreader.com/features/0405-da_vinci_debunkers.asp|title=www.faithfulreader.com/features/0405-da_vinci_debunkers.asp<!--INSERT TITLE-->}}</ref>}}

[[Richard Abanes]] wrote:
{{cquote|The most flagrant aspect&nbsp;… is not that Dan Brown disagrees with Christianity but that he utterly warps it in order to disagree with it … to the point of completely rewriting a vast number of historical events. And making the matter worse has been Brown's willingness to pass off his distortions as ‘facts' with which innumerable scholars and historians agree.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.faithfulreader.com/features/0405-da_vinci_debunkers.asp|title=www.faithfulreader.com/features/0405-da_vinci_debunkers.asp<!--INSERT TITLE-->}}</ref>}}

The book opens with the claim by Dan Brown that "The Priory of Sion — a European [[secret society]] founded in 1099 — is a real organization" and that "all descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents [[...]] and secret rituals in this novel are accurate"; but this claim is disputed by almost all academic scholars in the fields the book discusses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyvsthedavincicode.com|title=www.historyvsthedavincicode.com<!--INSERT TITLE-->}}</ref> The Priory of Sion itself was not a real secret society established in 1099 but actually a hoax created in 1956 by a Mr. [[Pierre Plantard]].

Numerous works have been published that explain in detail why any claim to accuracy is difficult to substantiate, while two lawsuits have been brought alleging [[plagiarism]] in ''The Da Vinci Code''. The first suit for [[copyright infringement]] was filed in February 2006 in a British court by the authors of ''[[The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail]]'', a purportedly nonfiction account of Mary Magdalene's role as the wife of Jesus of Nazareth and the mother of his child, was found in Dan Brown's favor. No verdict has yet been rendered on a second suit, filed in August of the same year, in the United States by Jack Dunn, the author of ''[[The Vatican Boys]]''.

A third author, Lewis Perdue, continues to allege that Brown plagiarized from two of his novels, ''[[The Da Vinci Legacy]]'', originally published in 1983, and ''[[Daughter of God]]'', originally published in the year 2000. In an unusual twist, Perdue has not yet filed suit against Random House and Brown. Instead, Random House filed suit against Perdue in an attempt to shut down a web site on which Perdue documents his case against Brown. After numerous appeals and countersuits, the Perdue web site is still available online, but there are no signs that Perdue has ever filed an action against Random House.

Dan Brown himself dilutes the suggestion of some of the more controversial aspects being fact on his web site: "The "FACT" page makes no statement whatsoever about any of the ancient theories discussed by [[fictional character]]s. Interpreting those ideas is left to the reader".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danbrown.com/novels/davinci_code/faqs.html|title=www.danbrown.com/novels/davinci_code/faqs.html<!--INSERT TITLE-->}}</ref> However, it also says that "these real elements are interpreted and debated by fictional characters", "it is my belief that some of the theories discussed by these characters may have merit." and "the secret behind The Da Vinci Code was too well documented and significant for me to dismiss." It is therefore entirely understandable why there would continue to be confusion as to what is the factual content of the book.

Brown's earlier statements about the accuracy of the historical information in his book, however, were far more strident. In 2003, while promoting his novel, he was asked in interviews what parts of the history in his novel actually happened. He replied "Absolutely all of it." In a 2003 interview with CNN's [[Martin Savidge]] he was again asked how much of the historical background was true. He replied, "99% is true&nbsp;... the background is all true". Asked by [[Elizabeth Vargas]] in an [[ABC News]] special if the book would have been different if he had written it as [[non-fiction]] he replied, "I don't think it would have."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyvsthedavincicode.com/fiction.htm|title=www.historyvsthedavincicode.com/fiction.htm<!--INSERT TITLE-->}}</ref> More recently Brown has avoided interviews and has been rather more circumspect about the accuracy of his claims in his few public statements. He has also, however, never retracted any of his earlier assertions that the history in the novel is accurate, despite substantial academic criticism of his claims.

In 2005, UK [[Celebrity|TV personality]] [[Tony Robinson]] edited and narrated a detailed rebuttal of the main arguments of Dan Brown and those of Baigent, Leigh and Lincoln, "[[The Real Da Vinci Code]]", shown on [[British television|British TV]] [[Channel 4]]. The program featured lengthy interviews with many of the main protagonists cited by Brown as "absolute fact" in ''The Da Vinci Code''. Arnaud de Sède, son of [[Gérard de Sède]], stated categorically that his father and Plantard had made up the existence of the [[Prieuré de Sion]], the cornerstone of the [[Jesus bloodline]] theory - to quote Arnaud de Sede in the program, "frankly, it was piffle". The program also cast severe doubt on the [[Rosslyn Chapel]] association with the Grail and on other related stories like the alleged landing of [[Mary Magdalene]] in France.

US Catholic bishops launched a website<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jesusdecoded.com/|title=Jesus decoded}}</ref> rebutting the key claims in the novel. The bishops are concerned about what they perceive as serious mis-statements in ''The Da Vinci Code''.

==Portrayal of Gnosticism==
According to ''The Da Vinci Code'', the [[Roman Emperor]] [[Constantine I]] suppressed [[Gnosticism]] because it portrayed Jesus as purely human. The novel's argument is as follows. Constantine wanted Christianity to act as a unifying religion for the [[Roman Empire]]. He thought Christianity would appeal to [[Paganism|pagan]]s only if it featured a [[demigod]] similar to pagan heroes. According to the [[Gnostic Gospels]], Jesus was merely a human prophet, not a demigod. Therefore, to change Jesus' image, Constantine destroyed the Gnostic Gospels and promoted the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, which portray Jesus as divine or semidivine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyvsthedavincicode.com/chapterfiftyfive.htm#christpower|title=www.historyvsthedavincicode.com/chapterfiftyfive.htm#christpower<!--INSERT TITLE-->}}</ref>

Gnosticism did not portray Jesus as merely human. Some Gnostic writings do depict Jesus interacting with his disciples in a wholly human way, one example being the [[Gospel of Mary]], but the general Gnostic depiction of Jesus is not clear-cut. Other Gnostic writings depict Christ as purely divine, his [[Human anatomy|human body]] being a mere illusion (see [[Docetism]]). (Some Gnostic sects saw Christ this way because they regarded matter as evil, and therefore believed that a divine spirit would never have taken on a material body.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyvsthedavincicode.com/chapterfiftyfive.htm#nagdss|title=www.historyvsthedavincicode.com/chapterfiftyfive.htm#nagdss<!--INSERT TITLE-->}}</ref>)

==Parodies==

;2005
The book was parodied by [[Adam Roberts]] with ''[[The Va Dinci Cod]]'', and by Toby Clements with the ''Asti Spumante Code''.

;2006
[[BBC|The BBC]] program ''[[Dead Ringers (comedy)|Dead Ringers]]'' parodied the Da Vinci Code, calling it the Da [[Rolf Harris]] Code.

Popular [[South African]] [[political cartoonist]] [[Zapiro]] published a book collection of his strips entitled ''Da Zuma Code'' which parodies the former [[Vice president|deputy president]] [[Jacob Zuma]].

;2007
The book was parodied in the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "[[Fantastic Easter Special]]".

A parody of the book was included in the film ''[[Epic Movie]]''.

It was parodied by the show [[American Dad]] in the episode "Black Mystery Month" were Steve finds a conspiracy in the creation of peanut butter.

;2008
In 2008 it was parodied in the second series of [[That Mitchell and Webb Look]] as "The Numberwang Code", a trailer for a [[fictional film]] based on a recurring sketch on the show.

==Release details==
The book has been translated into over 40 languages, primarily in hardcover.<ref>[http://www.danbrown.com/secrets/foreign.html World editions of The Da Vinci Code], Official site of Dan Brown </ref> Alternate formats include [[Compact Cassette|audio cassette]], CD, and [[e-book]]. Most recently, a [[Trade paperback|Trade Paperback]] edition was released March 2006 in conjunction with the film.

Major English-language (hardcover) editions include:
* (US) ''The Da Vinci Code'', April 2003 (First edition), Doubleday, ISBN 0-385-50420-9.
* ''The Da Vinci Code, Special Illustrated Edition'', [[November 2]] [[2004]], Doubleday, ISBN 0-385-51375-5 (as of January 2006, has sold 576,000 copies).
* (UK) ''The Da Vinci Code'', April 2004, Corgi Adult. ISBN 0-552-14951-9.
* (UK) ''The Da Vinci Code: The Illustrated Edition'', [[October 2]] [[2004]], Bantam Press. ISBN 0-593-05425-3.
* (US/Canada) ''The Da Vinci Code'' (Trade Paperback edition), March 2006, Anchor Books.
* On [[March 28]] [[2006]], Anchor Books released 5 million paperback copies of the book, and Broadway Books released 200,000 paperback copies of ''The Da Vinci Code Special Illustrated Edition''.
* On [[May 19]], the day of the film's release, Doubleday and Broadway Books released ''The Da Vinci Code Illustrated Screenplay: Behind the Scenes of the Major Motion Picture'', by [[screenwriter]] [[Akiva Goldsman]], with the introductions by Ron Howard and Dan Brown. It included film stills, behind-the-scenes photos and the full script. There were 25,000 copies of the hardcover, and 200,000 of the paperback version.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/01/09/best-sellers-potter.html Harry Potter still magic for book sales], [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] Arts, [[9 January]] [[2006]]. </ref>

Sophie's [[Access Code|access code]] for her voice mail is 454, the number of pages of the novel in many of its formats. In the Mass Market US Paperback, the page 155 has "SOS" as a page number.

==Film==
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Sony's [[Columbia Pictures]] has adapted the novel to [[film]], with a [[screenplay]] written by [[Akiva Goldsman]], and [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] winner [[Ron Howard]] directing. The film was released on [[May 19]] [[2006]], and stars [[Tom Hanks]] as [[Robert Langdon]], [[Audrey Tautou]] as [[Sophie Neveu]], and Sir [[Ian McKellen]] as [[Leigh Teabing]]. The film had an opening weekend gross of $77,073,388. By the end of 2006, it had grossed about $244 million in the U.S. alone and has done very well in other markets, grossing over $700,000,000 worldwide, making it the second highest grossing movie of 2006. On [[November 14]], [[2006]] the movie was released on [[DVD]].

==See also==
* [[Christian feminism]]
* [[Constantinian shift]]
* [[Desposyni]] - Jesus's known family
* [[Gospel of Mary Magdalene]]
* [[The Da Vinci Game]]
* ''[[The Jesus Scroll]]''
* [[Smithy code]]

==Notes==
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==Bibliography==
This is a bibliography of works about or related to ''The Da Vinci Code''. A partial bibliography by [[Dan Brown]] can be found [http://www.danbrown.com/novels/davinci_code/bibliography.html here].

===Further reading===
====Non-fiction====
* [[Richard Abanes]], ''The Truth Behind the Da Vinci Code'' (Harvest House Publishers, 2004). ISBN 0-7369-1439-0.
* James A. Beverley, ''Counterfeit Code: Responding to the Da Vinci Heresies'' (Bayridge Books, 2005). ISBN 1-897213-01-8.
* [[Darrell Bock]] and Francis Moloney, ''Breaking the Da Vinci Code'' (Nelson Books, 2004). ISBN 0-7852-6046-3.
* Dan Burstein (ed), ''Secrets of the Code'' (CDS Books, 2004). ISBN 1-59315-022-9.
* Greg Clarke, "Is It Worth Believing? The Spiritual Challenge of the Da Vinci Code" (Matthias Media, 2005). ISBN 1-921068-17-5.
* [[Bart D. Ehrman]], ''Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code'' (Oxford University Press, 2004). ISBN 0-19-518140-9.
* [[Laurence Gardner]], ''[[Genesis of the Grail Kings: The Explosive Story of Genetic Cloning and the Ancient Bloodline of Jesus]]'' (Fair Winds Press, 2002). ISBN 1-931412-93-6.
* [[Robin Griffith-Jones]], ''"The Da Vinci Code" and the Secrets of the Temple'' (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2006). ISBN 0-8028-4038-8.
* [[Nicky Gumbel]], ''The Da Vinci Code: a response'' (Alpha International). ISBN 1-904074-81-2.
* Haag, Michael, and Haag, Veronica, "The Rough Guide to The Da Vinci Code", London 2004 ISBN 1-84353-517-3, film edition London 2006 ISBN 1-84353-713-3.
* Bernard Hamilton, ''Puzzling Success: Specious history, religious bigotry and the power of symbols in The Da Vinci Code'' (''Times Literary Supplement'' no 5332 10 June 2005, pp. 20-21).
* [[Hank Hanegraaff]] and [[Paul Maier]], ''Da Vinci Code: Fact or Fiction?'' (Tyndale House Publishers, 2004). ISBN 1-4143-0279-7.
* Steve Kellmeyer, ''Fact and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code'' (Bridegroom Press, 2004). ISBN 0-9718128-6-1.
* Grenville Kent and Philip Rodionoff, ''The Da Vinci Decode'' (Signs Publishing Company, 2006). ISBN 1-876010-90-8.
* Karen L. King, ''The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle'' (Polebridge Press, 2003) ISBN 0-944344-58-5.
* [[Erwin Lutzer]], (Tyndale House Publishers, 2006). ISBN 1-4143-0633-4.
* Sharan Newman, ''The Real History Behind the Da Vinci Code'' (Berkley Trade, 2005) ISBN 0-425-20012-4.
* Josh McDowell, ''The Da Vinci Code''
* Carl Olson and [[Sandra Miesel]], ''[[The Da Vinci Hoax]]'' (Ignatius Press, 2004). ISBN 1-58617-034-1.
* [[Robert M. Price]], ''The Da Vinci Fraud: Why the Truth is Stranger than Fiction'' (Prometheus Books, 2005). ISBN 1-59102-348-3.
* {{cite book| title=The Da Vinci Deception| first=Mark| last=Shea| publisher=Ascenstion Press| location=West Chester PA| year=2006|id=ISBN 1-932927-64-6}}
* Margaret Starbird, ''The Goddess in the Gospels'' (Bear & Company, 1998). ISBN 1-879181-55-X.
* Margaret Starbird, ''The Woman with the Alabaster Jar'' (Bear & Company, 1993). ISBN 1-879181-03-7.
* [[Amy Welborn]], ''De-Coding Da Vinci'' (Our Sunday Visitor, 2004). ISBN 1-59276-101-1.
* [[Samael Aun Weor]], ''The Da Vinci Gospel'' (Logos Press, 2005). ISBN 1-4116-4274-0. (See also ''[[The Perfect Matrimony]]'' a primary work published in 1950 by the same author).
* [[Ben Witherington III]], ''The Gospel Code'' (InterVarsity Press, 2004). ISBN 0-8308-3267-X.
* {{cite book | last = Brighton| first = Simon | title = In Search of the Knights Templar: A Guide to the Sites in Britain| date =2006-06-15 | format = Hardback | publisher = Orion Publishing Group| location = London, England | id =ISBN 0-297-84433-4}}

====Fiction====
* [[Umberto Eco]], ''[[Foucault's Pendulum (book)|Foucault's Pendulum]]'' (Ballantine Press, 1990). ISBN 0-345-36875-4.
* Christopher Knight & [[Robert Lomas]], ''The Second Messiah'' (Element Books, 1998). ISBN 1-86204-248-9.
* [[Tom Robbins]], ''Another Roadside Attraction'' (Bantam, 1971). ISBN 0-553-34948-1.
* [[Tom Robbins]], ''Jitterbug Perfume'' (Bantam, 1984). ISBN 0-553-34898-1.
* [[Christopher Dawes (author)|Christopher Dawes]], ''[[Rat Scabies And The Holy Grail]]'' (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2005). ISBN 1-56025-678-8.
* {{cite book | last = Haigins| first = Shawn | title = The Rozabal Line| date =2007-10-01 | format = Paperback | publisher = Lulu| location = USA | id =ISBN 1-43032-754-5}}

====Books====
* [[Henry Beard]], ''The Dick Cheney Code'' (Simon & Schuster, 2004). ISBN 0-7432-7002-9.

* Toby Clements, ''The Asti Spumante Code'' (Time Warner Trade Publishing, 2005). ISBN 0-7515-3768-3.
* Sharron Connelly, "The Charade of Mona Lisa Vol I and II, reveals the secrets of Mona Lisa, and secrets of Last Supper, (not MARY MAGDALENE) Willow Publications
* Kathy Crimmins, ''The Dali Code''
* Tom Eaton, ''The de Villiers Code'' (Penguin SA, 2005). ISBN 0-14-302499-X.
* E.R. Escobar, ''The Givenchy Code'' (different book from the one mentioned above)
* Bruno Gambarotta, ''Il codice Gianduiotto'' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: 'The [[Gianduiotto]] Code'), Asti (Italy), 2006
* Julie Kenner, ''The Givenchy Code''
* Knut Nærum, ''Madonnagåten'' ([[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]: 'The Madonna Riddle')
* [[Robert Rankin]] ''[[The Da-da-de-da-da Code]]'' ISBN 978-0575070110
* [[Chris Riddell]], ''The Da Vinci Cod And Other Illustrations To Unwritten Books''
* [[Adam Roberts]] as Don Brine, ''[[The Va Dinci Cod]]'' later renamed ''The Va Dinci Cod: A Fishy Parody''
* Jay Taylor, ''The Moretti Code''
* Kaye Thomas, ''The Michelangelo Code'' (Fairmark Press, 2004). ISBN 0-9674981-2-0.

====Other====
* ''Da Kath & Kim Code'', a telemovie of the Australian TV series [[Kath & Kim]]
* The 'Da Colbert Code' was used by [[Stephen Colbert]] on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' as a method to predict the outcome of the [[78th Academy Awards]]. He predicted all 4 acting awards and [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] correctly.
* ''Da Rolf Harris Code'', a parody based on the artist [[Rolf Harris]] on satirical show [[Dead Ringers (comedy)|Dead Ringers]].
*[http://altreligion.about.com/library/bl_davincicode.htm Research Guide with background information]
* [[The DiCaprio Code]] is a spoof movie involving a DaVinci Code-like investigation into Hollywood
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