The Dan Brown Enigma
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[288] The facts, quotes and information in this paragraph and the preceding ones all come from the Today programme, Secrets of The Lost Symbol
[289] See the Secrets of The Lost Symbol, NBC Today programme, with Dan Brown, hosted by Matt Lauer
[290] This quote is from the NBC Today programme, aired on 15 October 2009 and is attributed to Marilyn Schlitz the director of the California Institute of Noetic Sciences, who was a guest on that show
[291] Decoded: The Lost Symbol, hosted by Tony Robinson, available to view at the time of writing on Channel 4 web pages, channel4.com
[292] See the Channel 4 programme, Decoded: The Lost Symbol, hosted by Tony Robinson
[293] This entire section on Robinson’s quest to find truth in Brown’s claims comes from Decoded: The Lost Symbol, published on channel4.com
[294] Tony Robinson summing up his quest for the truth on Decoded: The Lost Symbol, available on channel4.com.
INDEX
Acoustic Underground, the: (1)
Amato, Archbishop Angelo: (1)
American Society for Industrial Security: (1)
Amherst College: (1), (2), (3), (4)
Amherst College Glee Club: (1), (2)
Anderson, Trent: (1), (2)
Arctic Circle: (1), (2), (3)
Arctic Convoys: (1), (2)
Baigent, Michael: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9)
Bald Book, The: (1)
Baldwin, John QC: (1), (2), (3)
Basilica, the: (1), (2)
Becker, David: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)
Berkley Publishing Group: (1), (2)
Bernini, Gianlorenzo: (1), (2), (3), (4)
Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers: (1)
Bertone, Cardinal Tarcisio: (1), (2)
Beverly Hills Preparatory School: (1), (2)
Bonhomme, Andre: (1)
Bookbag, the: (1), (2)n
Casino Royale: (1)
California Institute of Noetic Sciences: (1)
Castle Saint Angelo: (1), (2)
Chartrukian, Phil: (1), (2), (3), (4)
CERN (Conseil European pour la Recherche Nucleaire): (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10)
Chartrand, Lieutenant: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith: (1)
Creative Musicians Coalition: (1)
Curled Up With A Good Book: (1), (2), (3)n
Curzon Group, the: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9)
Da Vinci, Leonardo: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22)
The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception: (1)
Divine Feminine: (1)
DGB Music: (1)
The Doomsday Conspiracy: (1), (2)
Doubleday: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11)
The Ecstasy of St Teresa: (1)
Ellesmere Island: (1), (2)
Ellwell, Jake: (1), (2)
Exeter, New Hampshire: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Fleming, Ian: (1), (2), (3), (4)n
Fletcher, Susan: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)
Fort Meade, Maryland: (1)
Franklin Regency, the: (1)
Greenburger, Sanford J. Associates: (1)
Gibson, Charles: (1)
God Particle, The: (1)
Goya, the: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Goddess in the Gospels, the: (1), (2)
Great Seal of the United States: (1), (2), (3), (4)
Grisham, John: (1), (2), (3)
Hale, Greg: (1), (2), (3)
Hanks, Tom: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)
Healey, Magda: (1), (2), (3)
Herney, Zachary President: (1), (2), (3)
High Court, the: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)
Hiram Key, the: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Holy Blood, and the Holy Grail, the: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9)n
Holy Grail: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13)
Howard, Ron: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Il Passetto: (1)
Illuminati, the: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12)
Institute of Noetic Sciences: (1), (2)
Internet Writing Journal: (1)
Jackman, Hugh: (1)
Jesus Decoded: (1)
Kaufman, Jason: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Kohler, Maximilian: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Kryptos: (1)
Lange, Heidi: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
The Last Supper: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Leigh, Richard: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13)
Lelchuk, Alan: (1), (2)
Les Dossier Secrets: (1)
Lincoln Akerman School: (1), (2)
Lincoln, Henry: (1), (2), (3), (4)
Ludlum, Robert: (1), (2)
MacLean, Alistair: (1), (2), (3), (4)
Magdalene, Mary: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19)
Mangor, Norah: (1), (2), (3)
The Malleus Maleficarum: (1)
Marlinson, Corky: (1), (2)
Masonic Service Association of North America: (1)
The Messianic Legacy: (1), (2)
Milne Ice Shelf: (1)
Ming, Wailee: (1), (2), (3)
National Academy of Songwriters: (1), (2), (3)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO): (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
National Security Agency (NSA): (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)
Necropolis, the: (1)
Neveu, Sophie: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Newlon, Blythe: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (25), (26), (27), (28), (29), (30)
Notre Dame Cathedral: (1), (2)
Observer, The: (1)
O’Keeffe, Alice: (1)
Old Bailey, the: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Olivetti, Commander: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
187 Men To Avoid: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9)
Opus Dei: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11)
Path of Illumination: (1), (2)
Patterson, James: (1), (2)
Pea Porridge Pond: (1)
Perdue, Lewis: (1), (2)
Perspective: (1), (2)
Phillips Exeter Academy: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Physics of Immortality, The: (1)
Pickering, William: (1), (2), (3), (4)
Pinnacle Books: (1)
Plantard, Pierre: (1)
Planton, Stan: (1), (2)
Pocket Books: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Polar Orbiting Density Scanner (PODS): (1)
Preferiti, the: (1), (2)
Priory of Sion: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12)
Puzzle Palace, the: (1)
Quark and the Jaguar: (1)
Rayner James, Jonathan: (1), (2)
Rea, Donna: (1), (2)
Rocher, Captain: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Rubin, Stephen: (1), (2)
Sacred Feminine, the: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)
St Martin’s Press: (1), (2), (3), (4)
St Peter’s Basilica: (1), (2), (3), (4)
Santa Maria della Vittoria Basilica: (1)
Saunière, Jacques: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Sato, Inoue: (1), (2)
Secret Teachings of All Ages, the: (1)
Sexton, Rachel: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Sexton, Senator Sedgewick: (1), (2), (3), (4)
Shay, Brian: (1)
Simon & Schuster: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Smithsonian Institute, the: (1), (2)
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br /> Solomon, Katherine: (1), (2), (3), (4)
Solomon, Peter: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
SongTalk: (1)
Songwriters on Songwriting: (1)
Starbird, Margaret: (1), (2), (3)
SynthAnimals: (1), (2), (3)
Tankado, Ensei: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)
Tao of Physics, The: (1)
Teabing, Sir Leigh: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12)
Templar Revelations, the: (1)
Thomas Dunne Books, (1), (2)
Tolland, Michael: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
TRANSLTR: (1), (2), (3), (4)
United Grand Lodge: (1)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: (1), (2), (3)n
Vatican City: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)
Ventresca, Carlo (Camerlengo): (1), (2), (3), (4)
Vetra, Leonardo: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Vetra, Vittoria: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)
Vitruvian Man, The: (1), (2)
Wallace, Ron: (1), (2)
Walters, Joanna: (1)
Washington Pi Journal: (1)
Water Street Bookstore: (1)
Webster, William, (1)
Wieser, George (Wieser & Wieser): (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)
Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects, the: (1)
Woman with the Alabaster Jar, the: (1), (2)
Zollo Paul: (1)
Plates
Dan Brown poses for a publicity shot before a reading of The Da Vinci Code in Exeter, New Hampshire in 2003. ©PA Photos
As well as selling in phenomenal numbers, The Da Vinci Code proved to be extremely controversial. In early 2006 Brown (above right) appeared at a High Court trial in London, after two of the authors of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, Richard Leigh and Michael Baigent (below), accused Brown of plagiarism and sued his publisher Random House for breach of copyright. ©PA Photos / Rex Features
Perhaps the most famous painting in the world: Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, which hangs in the Louvre. Officials agreed to allow Ron Howard to shoot scenes from the film of The Da Vinci Code inside the museum itself. ©Rex Features
A black cloth covers an enormous poster promoting the film in Rome, after leading figures in the Catholic Church complained, saying the poster was ‘causing a problem’. ©PA Photos
Filipino Catholics on their way to a book burning in Manila in May 2006. ©PA Photos
Despite the controversy surrounding it – and some poor reviews – the film of The Da Vinci Code went on to perform extremely well at the box office. Here, Japanese movie-goers queue for a ticket at a Tokyo cinema. ©PA Photos
Dan Brown arrives at the opening event of the 59th Cannes Film Festival in France, 2006 accompanied by his wife, Blythe Newlon Brown. ©PA Photos
Brown pictured in Rome in 2009 with the key cast and the director of the follow-up film, Angels and Demons:(l to r) Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor, Pierfrancesco Favino, Dan Brown and Ron Howard. ©Rex Features
Brown arriving at the Rome premiere. ©PA Photos
Dan Brown posing with director Ron Howard and Tom Hanks, who plays protagonist Robert Langdon. © Rex Features
Staff at Waterstone’s at Piccadilly in London prepare for the launch of Brown’s most recent novel, The Lost Symbol, in 2009. ©PA Photos
Dan Brown on NBC’s Today show in December, 2010. ©PA Photos
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I’d like to thank my good friend and colleague, Craig Cabell, who provided the introduction for this book but more importantly the inspiration to write it.
I’d also like to thank all the people who take the time to write reviews on the various book websites across the internet. Their views and opinions have been instrumental in shaping this look at Dan Brown.
And I’d like to thank Dan Brown for writing the great novels that have had such an impact on our culture.
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