It also re-ignited interest in the history of the Roman Catholic Church. It spawned a number of offspring books and drew glowing reviews from the New York Times, People Magazine and the Washington Post. According to the premise of the novel, the Vatican knows it is perpetuating a lie about Jesus’ bloodline and the role of women in church, but continues to do so to keep itself in power.ĭan Brown’s novel was a major success in 2004 and at times it was outsold only by the highly popular Harry Potter series. This novel has provoked a popular interest in speculation concerning the Holy Grail legend and the role of Mary Magdalene in the history of Christianity. The Da Vinci Code is a controversial mystery/detective novel by US author Dan Brown, published in 2003 by Doubleday.
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