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Overview#1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER • An intelligent, lightning-paced thriller set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., with surprises at every turn. • Don’t miss the Peacock original series Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol! “Impossible to put down.... Another mind-blowing Robert Langdon story.” —The New York Times Famed Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon answers an unexpected summons to appear at the U.S. Capitol Building. His plans are interrupted when a disturbing object—artfully encoded with five symbols—is discovered in the building. Langdon recognizes in the find an ancient invitation into a lost world of esoteric, potentially dangerous wisdom. When his mentor Peter Solomon—a long-standing Mason and beloved philanthropist—is kidnapped, Langdon realizes that the only way to save Solomon is to accept the mystical invitation and plunge headlong into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and one inconceivable truth ... all under the watchful eye of Dan Brown's most terrifying villain to date. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dan Brown , Jennifer LyfordPublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Random House Inc Volume: 3 Dimensions: Width: 10.60cm , Height: 4.00cm , Length: 19.10cm Weight: 0.346kg ISBN: 9781400079148ISBN 10: 1400079144 Pages: 656 Publication Date: 19 October 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsDan Brown brings sexy back to a genre that had been left for dead . . . His code and clue-filled book is dense with exotica . . . amazing imagery . . . and the nonstop momentum that makes The Lost Symbol impossible to put down. Splendid. . . . Another mind-blowing Robert Langdon story. -- New York Times Thrilling in the extreme, a definite page-flipper. -- Daily News (New York) Call it Brownian motion: a comet-tail ride of beautifully spaced reveals and a socko unveiling of the killer's true identity. -- Washington Post The wait is over. The Lost Symbol is here--and you don't have to be a Freemason to enjoy it . . . .Thrilling and entertaining, like the experience on a roller coaster. -- Los Angeles Times Robert Langdon remains a terrific hero, a bookish intellectual who's cool in a crisis and quick on his feet . . . .The codes are intriguing, the settings present often-seen locales in a fresh light, and Brown keeps the pages turning. -- Entertainment Weekly A fascinating pleasure. . . . Upends our usual assumptions about the world we think we know. -- Newsweek A roaring ride. . . . A caper filled with puzzles, grids, symbols, pyramids and a secret that can bestow 'unfathomable power.' -- San Francisco Chronicle Dan Brown is a master of the breathless, puzzle-driven thriller. -- Richmond Times-Dispatch Dan Brown brings sexy back to a genre that had been left for dead…His code and clue-filled book is dense with exotica…amazing imagery…and the nonstop momentum that makes The Lost Symbol impossible to put down.  SPLENDID…ANOTHER MIND-BLOWING ROBERT LANGDON STORY. —Janet Maslin,  New York Times<br> <br> THRILLING IN THE EXTREME, A DEFINITE PAGE-FLIPPER. — Daily News (New York) <br> Call it Brownian motion: A COMET TAIL-RIDE of beautifully spaced reveals and a socko unveiling of the killer's true identity. — Washington Post <br> The wait is over.  The Lost Symbol is here--and you don't have to be a Freemason to enjoy it….THRILLING AND ENTERTAINING, LIKE THE EXPERIENCE ON A ROLLER COASTER. — Los Angeles Times<br> <br> ROBERT LANGDON REMAINS A TERRIFIC HERO, a bookish intellectual who's cool in a crisis and quick on his feet…. The codes are intriguing, the settings present often-seen locales in a fresh light Dan Brown brings sexy back to a genre that had been left for dead . . . His code and clue-filled book is dense with exotica . . . amazing imagery . . . and the nonstop momentum that makes The Lost Symbol impossible to put down. Splendid. . . . Another mind-blowing Robert Langdon story. New York Times Thrilling in the extreme, a definite page-flipper. Daily News (New York) Call it Brownian motion: a comet-tail ride of beautifully spaced reveals and a socko unveiling of the killer s true identity. Washington Post The wait is over. The Lost Symbol is here and you don t have to be a Freemason to enjoy it . . . .Thrilling and entertaining, like the experience on a roller coaster. Los Angeles Times Robert Langdon remains a terrific hero, a bookish intellectual who s cool in a crisis and quick on his feet . . . .The codes are intriguing, the settings present often-seen locales in a fresh light, and Brown keeps the pages turning. Entertainment Weekly A fascinating pleasure. . . . Upends our usual assumptions about the world we think we know. Newsweek A roaring ride. . . . A caper filled with puzzles, grids, symbols, pyramids and a secret that can bestow unfathomable power. San Francisco Chronicle Dan Brown is a master of the breathless, puzzle-driven thriller. Richmond Times-Dispatch <p> Dan Brown brings sexy back to a genre that had been left for dead . . . His code and clue-filled book is dense with exotica . . . amazing imagery . . . and the nonstop momentum that makes The Lost Symbol impossible to put down. Splendid. . . . Another mind-blowing Robert Langdon story. -- New York Times<br> <br> Thrilling in the extreme, a definite page-flipper. -- Daily News (New York) <br> Call it Brownian motion: a comet-tail ride of beautifully spaced reveals and a socko unveiling of the killer's true identity. -- Washington Post <br> The wait is over. The Lost Symbol is here--and you don't have to be a Freemason to enjoy it . . . .Thrilling and entertaining, like the experience on a roller coaster. -- Los Angeles Times<br> <br> Robert Langdon remains a terrific hero, a bookish intellectual who's cool in a crisis and quick on his feet . . . .The codes are intriguing, the settings present often-seen locales in a fresh light, and Brown keeps the pages turning. -- <p> Dan Brown brings sexy back to a genre that had been left for dead . . . His code and clue-filled book is dense with exotica . . . amazing imagery . . . and the nonstop momentum that makes The Lost Symbol impossible to put down. Splendid. . . . Another mind-blowing Robert Langdon story. -- New York Times<br> <br> Thrilling in the extreme, a definite page-flipper. -- Daily News (New York)<br><br> Call it Brownian motion: a comet-tail ride of beautifully spaced reveals and a socko unveiling of the killer's true identity. -- Washington Post <br><br> The wait is over. The Lost Symbol is here--and you don't have to be a Freemason to enjoy it . . . .Thrilling and entertaining, like the experience on a roller coaster. -- Los Angeles Times<br> <br> Robert Langdon remains a terrific hero, a bookish intellectual who's cool in a crisis and quick on his feet . . . .The codes are intriguing, the settings present often-seen locales in a fresh light, and Brown keeps the pages turning. -- Entertainment Weekly <br> <br> A fascinating pleasure. . . . Upends our usual assumptions about the world we think we know. -- Newsweek <br> <br> A roaring ride. . . . A caper filled with puzzles, grids, symbols, pyramids and a secret that can bestow 'unfathomable power.' -- San Francisco Chronicle <br> <br> Dan Brown is a master of the breathless, puzzle-driven thriller. -- Richmond Times-Dispatch Author InformationDAN BROWN is the author of numerous #1 international bestsellers, including The Da Vinci Code, Inferno, The Lost Symbol, Angels & Demons, Deception Point, and Digital Fortress. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |