THE LOST SYMBOL

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Dan Brown

DAN BROWN» LIFE AND BOOKS‽ Born June 22, 1964 (Exeter, New Hampshire, USA).

‽ Graduated from Phillips Exeter, attended Amherst College and the University of Seville.

‽ Married to Blythe Brown.

‽ Songwriter and pop singer.

‽ Taught English at Phillips Exeter.

‽ Influences:

‽ Sidney Sheldon ‽ Shakespeare

‽ Robert Ludlum ‽ Hurlan Coben

DAN BROWN» LIFE AND BOOKS‽ Co-wrote “187 Men to Avoid: A Guide for the Romantically

Frustrated Woman” with Blythe.

‽ Fascinated by secrets and puzzles.

‽ Thriller and Mystery Fiction.

‽ Writes on facts.

1998 2000 2001 20092003

THE FREEMASONS» HISTORY, FACTS AND MYTHS‽ Fraternal organisation.

‽ Myth: founded by the builders of King Solomon’s Temple (960BC).

‽ First written document dates to 1390.

‽ United Kingdom: Lodges. Scotland’s documents date to 1500s.

‽ Grand Lodge of England, 1717.

‽ Requires belief in a Deity (God, Allah, Shiva, etc).

‽ Exported to North America by the 1730s.

‽ Curiosity: persecuted by the Nazi regime.

‽ Conspiracy: New World Order and the Illuminati.

THE LOST SYMBOL» THE NUMBERS BEHIND THE STORY‽ September 15, 2009.

‽ 1 million copies sold on first day. Fastest selling adult novel in history.

‽ 12 hour long thriller.

‽ Movie adaptation expected for release in 2012.

‽ Follow up to The Da Vinci Code.

‽ Number one for six weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List.“Impossible to put down,

Brown is bringing sexy back to a genre that had

been left for dead”(The New York Times)

“Brown is a maze maker who builds a puzzle and then walks you through it. His genius lies in uncovering odd

facts and suppressed history, stirring them together into a complicated stew and then saying, what if?”

(Newsweek)

THE LOST SYMBOL» CHARACTERS‽ Robert Langdon

‽ Peter Solomon

‽ Katherine Solomon

‽ Mal’akh

‽ Inoue Sato

‽ Warren Bellamy

THE LOST SYMBOL» PLOT‽ 12 hours, Washington, D.C.

‽ National Statuary Hall, Kidnap, Hand of the Mysteries.

‽ Sato, Masonic Altar, Bellamy.

‽ Noetics and Katherine Solomon.

‽ The Word.

ON RECORD» CONCLUSION, OPINION, FUTURE...

1998 2000 2001 20092003

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