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What Is The Character Of The Da Vinci Code

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Introduction
The lead character is Robert Langdon, who is a fictional Harvard University professor of Symbology and Iconology. He is portrayed by Tom Hanks in the 2006 film adaptation of “The Da Vinci Code”
The book revolves around Robert Langdon and the chain of incidences that occurs during the hunt for the most sacred secret that mankind has yet to know which will change the very course of Christianity.

The novel starts of In the Louvre, where Jacques Sauniere the museum’s curator is awaited by an albino monk, and demands to know where the Holy Grail is hidden. After Sauniere told him the false location, Silas shoots him and leaves him to die. Realizing that he has only a few minutes to live he must pass on his important secret to someone else. Meanwhile, Harvard professor, Robert Langdon is in Paris to give a lecture about his research. Lieutenant Collet wakes him in the middle of the night because the Interpol needed his help in solving the murder of Jacques Sauniere. Langdon is brought to the scene by the captain Bezu Fache because he thinks Langdon was responsible for the killing. Langdon’s name was included in a riddle left by Sauniere which was on the floor right next to his body before he died. At the scene of the crime Langdon meets Sophie Neveu
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