Novels
Digital Fortress, 1998
Angels & Demons, 2000
Deception Point, 2001
The Da Vinci Code, 2003
The Lost Symbol, 2009
Films
Dan Brown
(born June 22, 1964)
2006
2009
The Lost Symbol
was written in 2009
action is set in Washington, D.C.
the main theme of the book is
freemasonry
the third Brown novel to involve the
character of Harvard University
symbologist Robert Langdon,
following 2000's Angels & Demons
and 2003's The Da Vinci Code.
Monuments from the book
United States Capitol
Capitol Rotunda
Smithsonian Institution
Monuments from the book
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
Washington Monument
Masonic symbols
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Interesting Squares
Dürer's magic square
Lo Shu magic square
Franklin's magic square
Some facts about the book
6.5 million copies - the largest first printing in publisher Random
House's
the fastest selling adult-market novel in history(over one million
copies on the first day of release).
has broken all previous records for adult fiction in the United
Kingdom(550,946 copies in its first week - £4.6 million)
was number one on the New York Times Best Seller list for
hardcover fiction for the first six weeks of its release
Columbia Pictures is producing a film adaptation of the novel for
a 2012 release.
