Recommendation: The Lost Symbol is perfect for fans of fast-paced thrillers who love solving mysteries and uncovering secrets. Langdon's journey through the hidden chambers and tunnels of Washington D.C. is full of suspense and surprises, weaving together history, symbols and codes. Brown's writing is engaging and educational, culminating in a stunning reveal that will leave readers stunned.

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• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Favorite Book, Fiction & Mystery/Thriller (2009)
• LovelyBooks Leserpreis Nominee for Krimi (2009)

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 epicentre of the Rotunda. It is, he recognises, an ancient invitation, meant to beckon its recipient towards a long-lost world of hidden esoteric wisdom.nnWhen 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.nnLangdon 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.nnA 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…

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