The Rough Guide to... The DaVinci Code.  You may love it, you may hate it, but chances are you have read Dan Brown's record-breaking novel The Da Vinci Code,
or at least thought about buying a copy when packed into the
Underground and surrounded by 300 other people all reading it. Mass
hysteria, I say - it's neither very well written nor very
revolutionary, but this tale of murder, love and intrigue across
France, Italy, England, Scotland and history certainly is a run-away
bestseller.
There have been any number of follow-on books to help readers
"de-code" The Da Vinci Code, all of them less expensive than the
well-rounded liberal arts education that would accomplish the same. But
classic travel guides publisher Rough Guides has recently published The Rough Guide to the Davinci Code,
something of a departure in travel books. In addition to giving deeper
historical background on many facets of the novel, the Guide also (as
you would expect) provides maps and location guides for visiting the
spots detailed in the book, city by city. Interesting concept, and one
paying off for Rough Guides - this unusual departure from the standard
travel guide is selling quite well, though not as well as the fiction
it is based on. [Wanda Lust]
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