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The Lost Symbol
What was lost...Will be found...
Washington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned at the last minute to deliver an evening lecture in the Capitol Building. Within moments of his arrival, however, a disturbing object - gruesomely encoded with five symbols - is discovered at the epicenter of the Rotunda. It is, he recognizes, an ancient invitation, meant to beckon its recipient towards a long-lost world of hidden esoteric wisdom.
When Langdon's revered mentor, Peter Solomon - philanthropist and prominent mason - is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend's life is to accept this mysterious summons and follow wherever it leads him.
Langdon finds himself quickly swept behind the facade of America's most historic city into the unseen chambers, temples and tunnels which exist there. All that was familiar is transformed into a shadowy, clandestine world of an artfully concealed past in which Masonic secrets and never-before-seen revelations seem to be leading him to a single impossible and inconceivable truth.
A brilliantly composed tapestry of veiled histories, arcane icons and enigmatic codes, The Lost Symbol is an intelligent, lightning-paced thriller that offers surprises at every turn. For, as Robert Langdon will discover, there is nothing more extraordinary or shocking than the secret which hides in plain sight...
Washington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned at the last minute to deliver an evening lecture in the Capitol Building. Within moments of his arrival, however, a disturbing object - gruesomely encoded with five symbols - is discovered at the epicenter of the Rotunda. It is, he recognizes, an ancient invitation, meant to beckon its recipient towards a long-lost world of hidden esoteric wisdom.
When Langdon's revered mentor, Peter Solomon - philanthropist and prominent mason - is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend's life is to accept this mysterious summons and follow wherever it leads him.
Langdon finds himself quickly swept behind the facade of America's most historic city into the unseen chambers, temples and tunnels which exist there. All that was familiar is transformed into a shadowy, clandestine world of an artfully concealed past in which Masonic secrets and never-before-seen revelations seem to be leading him to a single impossible and inconceivable truth.
A brilliantly composed tapestry of veiled histories, arcane icons and enigmatic codes, The Lost Symbol is an intelligent, lightning-paced thriller that offers surprises at every turn. For, as Robert Langdon will discover, there is nothing more extraordinary or shocking than the secret which hides in plain sight...
509 pages, Hardcover
First published September 15, 2009
About the author
Dan Brown
78 books114k followersDan Brown is the author of numerous #1 bestselling novels, including The Da Vinci Code, which has become one of the best selling novels of all time as well as the subject of intellectual debate among readers and scholars. Brown’s novels are published in 56 languages around the world with over 200 million copies in print.
In 2005, Brown was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by TIME Magazine, whose editors credited him with “keeping the publishing industry afloat; renewed interest in Leonardo da Vinci and early Christian history; spiking tourism to Paris and Rome; a growing membership in secret societies; the ire of Cardinals in Rome; eight books denying the claims of the novel and seven guides to read along with it; a flood of historical thrillers; and a major motion picture franchise.”
The son of a mathematics teacher and a church organist, Brown was raised on a prep school campus where he developed a fascination with the paradoxical interplay between science and religion. These themes eventually formed the backdrop for his books. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he later returned to teach English before focusing his attention full time to writing. He lives in New England with his yellow lab, Winston.
Brown’s latest novel, Origin, explores two of the fundamental questions of humankind: Where do we come from? Where are we going?
In 2005, Brown was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by TIME Magazine, whose editors credited him with “keeping the publishing industry afloat; renewed interest in Leonardo da Vinci and early Christian history; spiking tourism to Paris and Rome; a growing membership in secret societies; the ire of Cardinals in Rome; eight books denying the claims of the novel and seven guides to read along with it; a flood of historical thrillers; and a major motion picture franchise.”
The son of a mathematics teacher and a church organist, Brown was raised on a prep school campus where he developed a fascination with the paradoxical interplay between science and religion. These themes eventually formed the backdrop for his books. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he later returned to teach English before focusing his attention full time to writing. He lives in New England with his yellow lab, Winston.
Brown’s latest novel, Origin, explores two of the fundamental questions of humankind: Where do we come from? Where are we going?
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January 26, 2023
Man blir jo teologisk sjøsyk av å lese Dan Brown sine bøker, men bortsett fra dette er denne boken helmaks. Spenning fra start til slutt. 700 sider ren leseglede. Jeg koste meg hele veien.
October 5, 2018
Spennende, men også ikke ahah veldig opp og ned, merker jeg blir litt utålmodig/ler av klisjeene og dramatikken ofte. Men som alltid, så mange plot twists og maaasssee info! ((så mye bedre enn den forrige boken tho jesus))
December 29, 2021
Denne boken var veldig spennende! Aldri før har jeg opplevd at hjertet faktisk slår raskere og hardere mens jeg leser, bare fordi det er så fordømt spennende!!
Det var en del vitenskapsting som gikk liiitt over hodet på meg, og det trekker pittelitt ned. Men alt i alt - en bra bok! Gleder meg til de to siste i denne serien :D
Det var en del vitenskapsting som gikk liiitt over hodet på meg, og det trekker pittelitt ned. Men alt i alt - en bra bok! Gleder meg til de to siste i denne serien :D
July 14, 2026
Professor i religiøs symbologi Robert Langdon blir fløyet inn til Washington, D.C., for å hjelpe sin gamle venn Peter Solomon ved å holde et foredrag på et viktig arrangement.
Når Langdon kommer fram, finnes det ikke noe arrangement, og Peter er heller ikke å se.
I kjent stil blir dette starten på dramatiske timer for Robert, som denne gangen har følge av Peters søster Katherine. Også denne gangen er det eldgamle hemmeligheter som skal avdekkes ved hjelp av symboler og gåter.
Denne boken fenget ikke på samme måte som Da Vinci-koden. Den er helt grei og ganske spennende innimellom, men tematikken blir rett og slett ikke like interessant.
Når Langdon kommer fram, finnes det ikke noe arrangement, og Peter er heller ikke å se.
I kjent stil blir dette starten på dramatiske timer for Robert, som denne gangen har følge av Peters søster Katherine. Også denne gangen er det eldgamle hemmeligheter som skal avdekkes ved hjelp av symboler og gåter.
Denne boken fenget ikke på samme måte som Da Vinci-koden. Den er helt grei og ganske spennende innimellom, men tematikken blir rett og slett ikke like interessant.
May 4, 2025
Dan Brown er et elsk-hat forhold. Jeg blir fenget, og jeg hater det. Men du kunne strippet bort 40-50% av boken. Det er pur handling fra start til slutt. Noe usannsynlige karakterer og tråder som skal flettes i hverandre.
Jeg blir jo fascinert av frimureri, symbolikk og historie. Hadde det ikke vært for det hadde dette vært en svak 2-er. Men det er deilig å ikke tenke for mye også.
Jeg blir jo fascinert av frimureri, symbolikk og historie. Hadde det ikke vært for det hadde dette vært en svak 2-er. Men det er deilig å ikke tenke for mye også.
June 12, 2022
I kjent dan brown stil, mye kunstfacts
September 15, 2024
Store deler av boka er egentlig 3 stjerner, men slutten dro den opp for min del. Jeg syntes «skurken» i boka fikk litt for mye plass, ellers var den spennende.
April 20, 2026
Klasse bok, enormt spennende og interessant dette med noetikk, en bok som virkelig er å anbefale om man liker vitenskap og religion i flott harmoni, oppå litt god gammeldags spenning! 10/10
February 24, 2010
Bare ikke min type bok, men sikkert TOPP for de som liker aa lese om om mysterier og en blanding av fakta og fantasi innen vitenskapen...
(for meg blir det litt droeyt og usannsynlig...) Litt spennende innimellom men til tider mye PRAT....
(for meg blir det litt droeyt og usannsynlig...) Litt spennende innimellom men til tider mye PRAT....
September 14, 2012
Man kommer visst ikke utenom denne boken. Men hellooo, den er jo ikke kjekk i det hele tatt! Det blir lite lesing for tiden.
July 27, 2011
Ikke sikker på om jeg liker denne boka og jeg klarer ikke å bli noen Dan Brown-fan
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March 14, 2013bikiiiiiiin deg-degan >.<
July 18, 2013
Ganske underholdende, typisk Dan Brown. Bedre enn den nyere Inferno.
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January 8, 2019Norsk versjon: Det tapte symbol
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