Dan Brown's 'secret double life': Da Vinci Code author is sued by his ex-wife for 'siphoning off vast sums of money to conduct sordid affairs

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Not sure if anyone remembers DaVinci Code?
There was a great deal of controversy on the book which sold over 100 million copies.
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In the lawsuit, Blythe alleges that when she asked Dan about upcoming projects, he told her that he didn’t have anything in the works.
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But she says that she later learned that her ex-husband was working on several new projects, including a television series called Langdon, based on the main character from The Da Vinci Code.
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since it was published 17 years ago, is bound for the UK stage, with a world premiere national tour starting next spring

The two-hour show is due to embark on a 33-week tour, kicking off iin the the UK, on April 3, 2021
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I thought the Da Vinci Code was a “popcorn book”. I read it, enjoyed it, knew it was bunk and didn’t really think much of it again. I’m sorry he’s going though personal drama though.
 
Wasn’t that whole book about how Opus Dei is some secret cult?
 
If I recall correctly, Brown wanted it both ways. In some instances he said what you thought, it was just a novel. In other instances, he said that it was based on meticulous research, implying it was true. It did damage to the reputation of the Church.

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Very true. He should have learned from others, like Napoleon, Hitler, …
 
When I was a little kid someone stole the Christ figurine from the Nativity scene at our church. I was so angry, how could they do that?! My parish priest, a very good man, said “Christ can take care of Himself. We need to pray for whoever stole the figurine.” He was, of course, completely correct.
 
#11 Dan Brown is a very rich man $178 million. It is interesting that romance novels and feminists novels top the reading list money makers


Number 1 with worth of 1.3 billion is
Elisabeth Badinter, is a French philosopher, author, and historian. Badinter is best known for her philosophical treatises on feminism and women’s role in society.

Number 3 is James Patterson who also write feminist hero novels.
 
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That would explain why some took it seriously. I always wondered why people cared at all about it, or why it influenced some Christians I saw. Not only making some heretics, but also making apologists feel like they had to respond.
 
I did. I got him confused with the author Men of from Mars, Women are from Venus. That’s John Grey.
Brown /Grey I got 🤷‍♀️.
 
I remember getting into a big argument with my father about this issue at the time - my evidence that it was fiction was that it was found in the fiction section of the bookstore but he was convinced it was all real history.
 
I grew up in two of the main locations of the book (I lived in the Temple and was at Boarding School at Westminster). I know every inch of those scenes and Im perfectly sure Dan Brown had never set eyes on either of them. If he had, he would know it is ridiculous to go from Temple Church to the Strand by first walking a much longer distance to Temple tube station. Secondly it is ludicrous to describe the Chapter House at Westminster as “looking over” College Gardens, since it has no windows that you can look out of.
 
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I grew up in two of the main locations of the book (I lived in the Temple and was at Boarding School at Westminster). I know every inch of those scenes and Im perfectly sure Dan Brown had never set eyes on either of them. If he had, he would know it is ridiculous to go from Temple Church to the Strand by first walking a much longer distance to Temple tube station. Secondly it is ludicrous to describe the Chapter House at Westminster as “looking over” College Gardens, since it has no windows that you can look out of.
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IInteresting, guess his research wasn’t accurate.
 
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After I noticed these points I realised that considerable chunks of prose read like bits of guidebooks, which I suspect is what they are.

So much for his claim to “meticulous research”
 
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Didn’t read it, don’t care to read it, and if he was a rich author I’m not surprised.
Prayers for his soul.

(And yes, I had totally forgotten his name if I ever knew it…knew of “The Da Vinci Code” but never pay attention to the authors of bestsellers nowadays)
 
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#4 Stephen King
#5 Nora Roberts writer of romance novels
#6 Daniel Steel writer of romance novels.
#7 Barbara Taylor Bradford wrote “A woman of Substance”

Kind of makes me wonder if only women are reading books and why romance and feminists novels are the biggest money makes.
 
And that’s the problem. Some people cannot tell the difference and are swayed by whatever they read/see. That’s why I shy away from “ docudramas” on tv. They’re based on someone’s revision of historical events and are generally not reliable.

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Never read or watched the Da Vinci Code. Have seen Angels and Demons though. Actually thought that was quite an entertaining movie. I wonder if anybody thought that too was supposed to be a factual account of what goes on in the Vatican?
 
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