Simon Cox

Provides background information on the mysteries surrounding Dan Brown's novel "Angels & Demons", explaining which places, events, and people mentioned in the book are true, and which were made up by the author.

The Unauthorized Guide to the Facts Behind Dan Brown's Bestselling Novel

Illuminating Angels & Demons

The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons have become publishing phenomena for author Dan Brown. With sales in the tens of millions and with a whole industry having grown up around the novels, a huge following has emerged, determined to trace the footsteps of lead character Robert Langdon and to delve deeper into the real mysteries behind the fiction. Simon Cox, bestselling author of Cracking the Da Vinci Code and Illuminating Angels and Demons, brings you the definitive guide to these two novels. With in-depth background information and an invaluable insight to Dan Brown's world. What are the true inspirational stories behind the novels? What role does a sleepy French village play in The Da Vinci Code? What were the clues left behind by Leonardo da Vinci in his paintings? Is the Jesus bloodline theory fact or fantasy? Does Angels and Demons reveal clues to real events? What murdered Pope was the inspiration for the plotline? Does a worldwide Illuminati really threaten to create a new world order? Questions are answered and plots are thickened in this must-have guide. An extended gazetteer also guides us to the people and places featured in the novels. Visits to the sites will be made easy with The Dan Brown Companion.

The Truth Behind the Fiction

The Dan Brown Companion

Uses an A to Z format to answer questions about the history, people, societies and organizations, symbols, and locations presented in the novel "The Da Vinci Code."

Cracking the Da Vinci Code

Mark Foster

An A to Z of the Occult

Le Da Vinci Code, best-seller mondial de Dan Brown, a initié des millions de lecteurs à un univers fascinant dans lequel Léonard de Vinci dissimule des indices dans ses œuvres et où l'Eglise catholique s'oppose depuis des siècles à une ancienne société secrète pour le contrôle su Saint-Graal... ou du Sang Réal. Sitôt refermé ce livre érudit et haletant, une question se pose : comment, parmi toutes ces informations, distinguer la fiction de la réalité ? Organisé de A à Z pour une lecture simple, rapide à consulter, Le code Da Vinci décrypté fait le point et répond à toutes vos interrogations : - Le Prieuré de Sion existe-t-il réellement, et quel est son but ? - Pourquoi croyait-on autrefois que la présence du Nombre d'Or révélait le passage de la main de Dieu ? - Quelles sont les dernières théories à propos de la vraie nature du Saint-Graal ? - Quelle est la signification profonde qui se cache derrière le nom des personnages ? Illustré de tableaux de Léonard de Vinci ainsi que de nombreux documents évoqués dans le roman, Le code Da Vinci décrypté est une extraordinaire source d'informations pour tous ceux que le roman a captivés et tous ceux qui s'intéressent à la légende du Saint-Graal.

le guide non autorisé

Le code Da Vinci décrypté

Uses a simple A-Z format to separate the facts from the fiction, debunking the inaccuracies and controversial fiction distortions, and providing background information on all the mysteries in the novel.

Behind the Fiction

Illuminating Angels and Demons

Maria João Freire de Andrade

O código Da Vinci descodificado: o guia não autorizado dos factos por detrás da ficção

Written in a clear and concise A to Z format, Decoding the Lost Symbol is the essential guide to the thrilling third Dan Brown novel to feature Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, The Lost Symbol. Decoding the Lost Symbol takes you on a journey of discovery through the world of Dan Brown and Robert Langdon, opening up the real mysteries and historical facts that are the basis of The Lost Symbol. Set over a breathtaking twelve hours, The Lost Symbol creates a world of intrigue and mystery based around the city of Washington DC. You will discover the amazing truth behind the storyline in Decoding the Lost Symbol, the must-have definitive guide to the Dan Brown novel. Simon Cox is the world-renowned expert on the mysteries of Dan Brown, having already authored the international bestseller Cracking the Da Vinci Code, Illuminating Angels & Demons and The Dan Brown Companion. His guides are essential reading for all fans of the Robert Langdon series of novels and are available in more than fifteen languages.

Unravelling the Secrets Behind Dan Brown's International Bestseller: The Unauthorised Guide

Decoding the Lost Symbol

BASED ON THE CELEBRATED BBC NEWS INVESTIGATION 'gripping and bitingly cold... full of fine detail and outrage' – Sunday Times 'Gripping' - Evening Standard A true story of false memories. ‘Over decades and decades in Iceland people have gone missing without anyone finding anything out. They just sort of disappear...’ In 1974, 18-year-old Gudmundur disappears after a boozy night in a fishing town near Reykjavik. Eleven months later Geirfinnur, a quiet family man, goes missing from Keflavik harbour in the southwest of Iceland after being summoned by a mysterious phone call from home. Both men are eventually presumed dead, but their bodies are never found. This quiet island is in an uproar - two disappearances with no forensics, no leads, no clue what has happened. Soon, the vanishings set in motion an almost surreal series of events, a remarkable tale of corruption, forced confession, false memory and madness that stretches over 40 years. Based on author Simon Cox's celebrated BBC News investigation, The Reykjavik Confessions is a chilling journey of discovery into a dark corner of Icelandic history, and a riveting true-crime thriller that will have you gripped until the very last page.

The Incredible True Story of Iceland’s Most Notorious Murder Case

The Reykjavik Confessions

Now a Peacock Original TV series Secret societies. Forgotten history. Conspiracies. Now you can unlock the mysteries of Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol with this definitive and bestselling guide to the facts behind the fiction featuring Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon—from Simon Cox, author of Cracking the Da Vinci Code and Illuminating Angels and Demons. Dan Brown’s thrilling novel The Lost Symbol again features Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, this time in the US racing to uncover clues and crack codes involving secrets that are perpetuated to this day. But how much of the novel is true and what is pure fiction? Simon Cox, bestselling Dan Brown expert offers this definitive guide to all the mysteries featured in The Lost Symbol. Based on extensive research, this A-to-Z guide lists the real people, organizations, and themes featured in Dan Brown’s novel, explains their histories and their meanings, reproduces and analyzes the symbols themselves, and provides insider knowledge gleaned from years of exhaustive study. From the monuments of Washington, DC, to the secrets of Salt Lake City and the hidden enclaves in Langley, Virginia, Cox knows where the facts are hidden about the Freemasons, Albert Pike, the Rosicrucians, the Founding Fathers, and more. This is the only resource you’ll need to understand and enjoy the fascinating and mysterious world of The Lost Symbol.

The Unauthorized Expert Guide to the Facts Behind the Fiction

Decoding The Lost Symbol

Susan Davies

The mystery and history of Ancient Egypt has intrigued explorers, travellers and armchair enthusiasts for millennia. Now, in this concise and easy-to-read guide, bestselling author Simon Cox will answer questions and put the record straight in a compact and attractive volume, the first in his new A to Z series. * Who was Osiris and what are the legends surrounding him? * What did all the gods and goddesses symbolise and what were their roles? * How was Ancient Egypt divided up and what jobs did the population undertake? * When were the pyramids built and what are all the latest theories about their construction and meaning? * Is there a hidden Hall of Records waiting to be discovered beneath the Egyptian sands? With the travelling Tutankhamun exhibition set to bring Egyptomania to the United States and Europe over the coming year, this easily accessible reference aid will be an essential guide to all things Egyptian.

An A to Z of Ancient Egypt

The Knowledge Of The Hidden That Is The Meaning Of The Latin Occultus, From Which We Take Our Modern Phrase The Occult . Why Is It That This Subject Stirs Up So Much Controversy? Is The Answer Present In That Very Definition: The Idea That Studies Into The Occult Are Pushing At The Very Boundaries Of Human Knowledge? In This Simple-To-Follow A To Z Guide, You Will Discover The Details Of Both Studies Into The Occult And The Truth About Occultists, Who, From The Earliest Times In History, Have Attempted To Remove The Veil That Shrouds The Knowledge Of The Hidden . " What Were The World S Greatest Occultists, Including Plato, Nostradamus, Isaac Newton And William Blake, Searching For? " What Are The True Origins Of Alchemy? " What Secret Knowledge Is Concealed Within The Tarot Deck? " Was The Infamous Aleister Crowley Really The Wickedest Man In The World ? " Did The Ancient Egyptians Believe In Magic? Simon Cox And Mark Foster Guide You Along The Pathways Of The Occult And Attempt To Bring The Hidden Into Full View.

Mark Oxbrow

Simon Cox's A to Z Series (Simon Coxs a to Z)

An A to Z Of Atlantis

How does the soul relate to the body? Through the ages, innumerable religious and intellectual movements have proposed answers to this question. Many have gravitated to the notion of the subtle body, positing some sort of subtle entity that is neither soul nor body, but some mixture of the two. Simon Cox traces the history of this idea from the late Roman Empire to the present day, touching on how philosophers, wizards, scholars, occultists, psychologists, and mystics have engaged with the idea over the past two thousand years. This study is an intellectual history of the subtle body concept from its origins in late antiquity through the Renaissance into the Euro-American counterculture of the 1960's and 70's. It begins with a prehistory of the idea, rooted as it is in third-century Neoplatonism. It then proceeds to the signifier subtle body in its earliest English uses amongst the Cambridge Platonists. After that, it looks forward to those Orientalist fathers of Indology, who, in their earliest translations of Sanskrit philosophy relied heavily on the Cambridge Platonist lexicon, and thereby brought Indian philosophy into what had hitherto been a distinctly platonic discourse. At this point, the story takes a little reflexive stroll into the source of the author's own interest in this strange concept, looking at Helena Blavatsky and the Theosophical import, expression, and popularization of the concept. Cox then zeroes in on Aleister Crowley, focusing on the subtle body in fin de siècle occultism. Finally, he turns to Carl Jung, his colleague Frederic Spiegelberg, and the popularization of the idea of the subtle body in the Euro-American counterculture. This book is for anyone interested in yogic, somatic, or energetic practices, and will be very useful to scholars and area specialists who rely on this term in dealing with Hindu, Daoist, and Buddhist texts.

A Genealogy

The Subtle Body

With its lavish gazetteer section and its in-depth look at some of the themes and real-life stories behind the fiction, The Dan Brown Companion gives a unique insight into the world of one of the most successful bestselling novelists of our time. A huge Dan Brown following has emerged, determined to walk in the footsteps of his lead character Robert Langdon and to delve deeper into the fiction. Simon Cox, bestselling author of Cracking the Da Vinci Code and Illuminating Angels and Demons, now brings us this definitive guide. In the gazetteer, you will visit the magical and mysterious places featured within The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons, as well as being introduced to the lives of the artists, scientists and other influential people mentioned in the books. In the narrative section, questions are answered and plots thickened as we look for the clues that inspired Dan Brown. From the death of popes to the Priory of Sion, the mystery of Rennes-le-Château to the Illuminati, all the facts are finally laid bare. The Dan Brown Companion is an exceptional guide to the real world of mystery and intrigue that lies at the heart of the Robert Langdon novels and is a must-have for all Dan Brown fans.

Diccionario del Código Da Vinci

vuida non autoriyyata a fatti, personaggi e misteri del thriller di Dan Brown

I segreti di angeli & demoni

Theo van der Ster

Ed Davies

Mysteries uit 'Het Bernini mysterie' en 'De Da Vinci code' worden nader uitgewerkt, evenals de raadselachtige dood van enkele pausen en de verhouding tussen kerk en wetenschap; met reisgids langs plaatsen die in de romans zijn genoemd.

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