Biography of the Author:

Dan Brown who is renowned all over the world for his bestselling
novels, was born on 22nd June, 1964. He was the eldest of three
children and was raised in in Exeter, New Hampshire. He did his
schooling from Phillips Exeter Academy, which was considered to
be a highly exclusive. His father was a mathematics instructor at
the same school. His mother on the other hand was a music
professor;
Brown's interest in secrets and puzzles stems from their presence
in his household as a child. He spent hours working out anagrams
and crossword puzzles, and he and his siblings participated in
treasure hunts devised by their father on birthdays and holidays.
After graduating from school, Brown then went to Amherst
College to obtain a degree in English and Spanish. Brown spent
his last school year abroad in Spain, where he was enrolled in an
art history course at the University of Seville. Brown graduated
from Amherst in 1986
He then later spent several years trying to get himself established
as a singer, songwriter and pianist, but unfortunately wasnt very
successful.

Musical Career

Brown created sound effects with a synthesizer, and selfproducing a children's cassette entitled Synth Animals; it sold a
few hundred copies.
In 1990 self-published a CD entitled Perspective
In 1991 he moved to Hollywood to pursue a career as singersongwriter and pianist.
In 1993, Brown released the self-titled CD Dan Brown.
In 1994, Brown released a CD titled Angels & Demons. Its
artwork was the same ambigram, which he later used for the
novel Angels & Demons.

Writing Career
Reading the novel The Doomsday Conspiracy by Sidney
Sheldon, changed the course of Dan Browns life completely he
was inspired by the writing style and the efficiency with which
the storyline was dealt with, Brown resorted to switching to a
writing career. To pursue writing professionally, Brown started
working on Digital Fortress, his first thrilled-based novel. He quit
teaching in 1996. Two years later, in 1998 Digital Fortress was
released. Following years, in 2000 and 2001, Brown released his
next two books Deception Point and angels and demons. It was
Browns fourth novel, The Da Vinci Code that unleashed the
success story of the author to never-experienced-before heights.

This novel not only outdid its predecessors, but went on to feature
at the topmost position in the New York Times Best Seller list
during its first week of release in 2003. It sold 81 million copies
worldwide. The novel was so successful that it pushed sales of
Brown's earlier books as well. In 2004, all four of his books
featured on the New York Times list in the same week.
Like in Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code, Robert
Langdon was the central character for Browns next novel as well,
The Lost Symbol. Published in 2009, the book sold over one
million in the U.S., the U.K. and Canada, and 5 million overall
Released in 2013, Inferno is the latest book from Dan Brown.
Like its predecessors, the book also has Robert Langdon as the
protagonist. Inferno raced to the top spot at the book charts in
the US and the UK, selling 580,000 copies in its first two weeks
alone.
Even though The Da Vinci Code was the book that really raised
him to success, my favorite one from Dan Browns collection is
Angels and Demons. This was the first book that he released
where he introduced the character of Robert Langdon.

Plot summary of angels and demons

Despite his notorious relationship with the Roman Catholic church,
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is once again called upon to
decipher the clues to a catastrophic conspiracy. The Pope has

died. So now After his death , the conclave has gathered in a

locked room to choose his successor among four cardinals
designated to take his place. However the cardinals are abducted
by the Illuminati, a secret brotherhood that was supposed to be
extinct. Robert Langdon and the scientist Vittoria Vetra, who had
her powerful and dangerous prototype of the antimatter research
stolen, are invited by the Vatican police to help them in their
investigations. They are received by the Camerlengo Carlo
Ventresca. They are informed that the Illuminati has threatened
to kill each of the cardinals every hour from 8:00 PM and then
blow up Vatican City with the stolen antimatter. Robert and
Vittoria have a few hours to unravel the clues and discover where
the lethal weapon might be hidden.
SETTING:
There are two major settings in the novel.
1. The first is the Vatican and its surrounding sites of Catholic
worship in Rome. It also discusses tombs, paintings, structures
and sculptures.
2. The second is CERN, a scientific counterpoint to the Vatican.
Located in Geneva, Switzerland, CERN is ultramodern and filled
with world-class minds and gleaming technological artifacts that
extend its reach around the world (such as the Internet, which it
had a hand in creating).
Themes

Angels and Demons is built around a number of

paired/opposed forces that wind through the novel
Science Versus Faith
Passionate Devotion Versus Obsession
Good versus Evil
Deception versus Honesty
Vengeance Versus Forgiveness
Life and Death

Character of Robert Langdon

Robert, the main protagonist of the novel is a fictional Harvard
University professor of religious iconology and symbology (a
fictional field related to the study of historic symbols,. The
character was created by Dan Brown himself for the novels and
later movies, Angels & Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003)
and The Lost Symbol (2009).
Robert Langdon was named after John Langdon, a professor of
typography at Drexel University who is known for his creation of
ambigrams that can be read in multiple ways; for example, both
right side up and upside down. An example of Langdons
ambigrams appeared on the cover of the first edition of Browns

novel Angels & Demons. On the acknowledgments page, Brown

calls Langdon one of the most ingenious and gifted artists alive
who rose brilliantly to my impossible challenge and created the
ambigrams for this novel.
Tom Hanks portrayed Robert Langdon in the 2006 film adaptation
of The Da Vinci Code, and angels and demons and will reprise the
role in the upcoming the lost symbol .

RESPONSE OF THE AUDIENCE

Pros

'Angels and Demons' is a fast paced page turner.

The mix of religious and historical elements adds a unique

twist to the mystery.

Brown provides plenty of surprises.

Cons

If you are put off by graphic violence, some descriptions may

bother you.

The religious elements might offend some people, especially

Catholics.

Writers main purpose

The main purpose of the author to write such a story seems
as if he is trying to coincide the ends of Science and Religion,
which most of the times is thought to be a distance apart.. In the
book there might be a breakthrough, as Leonardo Vetra tried to
bring the two closer together by showing his findings. The main
objective that author wants to achieve is he is trying to tell a new
way how to balance between both of these important things. He
also gives a notion to the readers that Science never confronts
religion rather it reinforces its ideas. He is of the view that Science
itself is not bad at all, but how it is used makes the difference. So
is the case with religion.

Conclusion
Dan Brown is one of the best writers of the 21 century. In spite of
some critics, people like his books, because they are full of
adventures, mysteries, secrets which take us far from our reality .
You will find it very difficult to put his books down, because they
are so very compelling. Even if you havent read his books before,
I hope that now you will be glad to start reading them.