Tuesday May 14 was a big day for fans of The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. Dan Brown released his lasted book, Inferno! (Cue dramatic music) It has been four years since a new Langdon book, and 4 million copies have been printed in anticipation of the big release.
Harvard Symbolist Robert Langdon is back again, but this time he wakes up in Italy with no memory of how he got there, and with a very dangerous object in his possession. Soon he is on the run, again, searching for clues from Dante's "Divine Comedy" to solve the latest mystery.
If you are super motivated and want to try to solve the mystery before Langdon, check out the original (and very real) The Divine Comedy by Dante. This epic poem follows Dante's journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven. It's considered one of the preeminent works in medieval and Italian literature. Dante finished writing it in 1308 and took him thirteen years to finish.
The Divine Comedy is the perfect basis for Brown's new book, as it has numerous hidden meanings, numerical patterns, and about a million other mysterious literary elements that are still widely debated and studied today.
So if you're a history buff or a fan of Browns other mysteries, check these books out!
"It is only the second best book ever written of all time." That is what was said by a friend of mine about the book Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I'm pretty sure he would call The Da Vinci Code the best book of all time. Since the Cardinals of the Catholic Church were in Conclave deciding who the new Pope will be, Angels and Demons would be a pretty interesting read right now.
When the secret society, the Illuminati, steal a newly developed super weapon, symbologist Robert Langdan goes to the Vatican to try and stop them. When he gets there, he discovers that there are multiple Cardinals missing and that he is in a race against time to keep the Illuminati fro m destroying the Vatican.
I doubt that there was anything as exciting as in the book when the real Conclave convened, so reading this might make it all seem all the more exciting.
Also for up to the minute information about the latest Conclave and the new Pope, check out the Vatican's website!
