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The action kicks off in modern-day Paris with the murder of the Louvre's chief curator, whose body is found laid out in symbolic repose at the foot of the Mona Lisa. Seizing control of the case are Sophie Neveu, a lovely French police cryptologist, and Harvard symbol expert Robert Langdon, reprising his role from Brown's last book. The two find several puzzling codes at the murder scene, all of which form a treasure map to the fabled Holy Grail. As...

Jack and Annie travel 500 years back in time to Florence, Italy, and spend a day helping Leonardo da Vinci in the hope of learning another secret of happiness.

The inclusion of reproductions of the drawings and paintings being discussed on each facing page of text lend a sense of immediacy to this brief... biography of the great Renaissance painter, point up his scientific as well as aritistic genius.

This biography of Leonardo da Vinci, set against the background of Renaissance Italy, tells of his creative work as inventor, artist and scientist struggling against the ignorance of his time. He tried to invent a flying machine, a diving suit and a submarine; he painted such great pictures as "The Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa" ;and he left notebooks showing his scientific studies in light and sound.

Explains some basic techniques of Da Vinci by analyzing several of his better-known paintings.