at the begining of the book dan brown has a little forward that says all historical documentation in this book is fact. People hate this cause they beleive that brown is claiming that the story of mary mandeline is fact. however my take on it is that brown took a bunch of FACTS from history, lots of things that didnt really have much to do with eachother and fit them together to create a fictious story. i know that he did this in angels and demons with the 4 monuments and what not, but did he do it in the da vinci code as well. i.e. are alot of the tib bit facts actually facts, like the pengan symbolism and the council and what not.
at the begining of the book dan brown has a little forward that says all historical documentation in this book is fact. People hate this cause they beleive that brown is claiming that the story of mary mandeline is fact. however my take on it is that brown took a bunch of FACTS from history, lots of things that didnt really have much to do with eachother and fit them together to create a fictious story. i know that he did this in angels and demons with the 4 monuments and what not, but did he do it in the da vinci code as well. i.e. are alot of the tib bit facts actually facts, like the pengan symbolism and the council and what not.