The Da Vinci Code Characters

• Robert Langdon -- Harvard professor of Religious Symbology, art historian

• Sophie Neveu -- Paris police cryptologist, granddaughter of Jacques Saunière

• Jacques Saunière -- world renowned curator of the Louvre museum in Paris,

later determined to be the Grand Master of the Priory of Sion, a secretive group
involved in the protection of the Holy Grail
• Silas -- an albino devotee of Catholic conservative sect Opus Dei
• Bishop Manuel Aringarosa -- leader of Opus Dei
• Sir Leigh Teabing/The Teacher -- Teabing is a wealthy historian who invested
much of his life in a search for the Grail. He assumes a secret identity as “the
Teacher” in order to have Opus Dei identify and kill the leaders of the Priory of
Sion.
• Rèmy -- Teabing’s manservant and accomplice
• Vernet -- President of the Swiss bank where the Priory of Sion’s coded key
device has long been held for safekeeping.
• Captain Fache -- top-ranking Paris police official
• Detective Collet -- Paris police detective under Captain Fache
The Da Vinci Code Chapter Summaries
Prologue
Famous Louvre curator Jacques Saunière is ambushed in the darkened halls of the
museum by an armed albino man who demands to know the location of an unidentified
object. In the minutes before he dies, Saunière sets into motion the central
mystery of the book in the form of a coded message.
Chapter 1
Visiting Harvard art history expert Robert Langdon is awakened in his Paris hotel
room by a midnight phone call, and summoned to help decipher the code at the scene
of Saunière’s murder. Langdon had originally been scheduled to have a meeting with
the curator that night, but Saunière never arrived.
Chapter 2
The murderer, an albino lay monk named Silas, is revealed as a member of the
radically fundamentalist Catholic sect, Opus Dei. He was ordered to assassinate
Saunière as part of a secret plot to locate a mysterious keystone.
Chapter 3
Langdon surveys the Paris landscape as he is driven to the crime scene by a local
detective, mourning the loss of the legendary curator Saunière.
Chapter 4
At the Louvre, Langdon is introduced to the lead investigator, the irascible
Captain Bezu Fache. He begins to question Langdon, and the professor senses that
the interaction is fraught with tension and unspoken undercurrents of hostility on
the detective’s part.
Chapter 5
At the Opus Dei headquarters in New York City, Bishop Manuel Aringarosa thinks
about past encounters with aggressive reporters questioning the legitimacy of the
sect. He mentally defends many of the group’s more controversial practices,
including self-mortification.
Chapter 6
Langdon surveys the bizarre crime scene in the Louvre’s grand gallery. Clues
include the placement of the body and a pentacle drawn by the victim in his own
blood. The investigators also reveal a secret message written in black-light
marker.
Chapter 7
A nun at the Church of Saint-Sulpice is awakened by an unusual request to allow a
late night visitor tour the church.
Chapter 8
Langdon studies the cryptic messages left by Saunière at the crime scene. It is
also revealed that Langdon is under audio and GPS surveillance, and that he may be
a suspect in the murder.
Chapter 9
Police cryptographer Sophie Neveu arrives on the scene, agitated and acting
strangely. She communicates to Langdon that he may be in danger by using a cell
phone message as a pretext.
Chapter 10
The lay monk Silas pays a pre-dawn visit to the Church of Saint-Sulpice. His
troubled childhood as an abused and abandoned street urchin is revealed in a
series of flashbacks. A large sum of money is transferred to Opus Dei as payment
for a service, the nature of which is not yet revealed.
Chapter 11
Sophie attempts to decipher a numeric sequence that was part of Saunière’s cryptic
dying message. She postulates that it is a garbled version of the Fibonacci
sequence, a famous mathematical value. Following Sophie’s clandestine
instructions, Langdon visits the museum’s public restroom, unaware that his
movements are being tracked by a GPS device the investigators have planted on him.

Chapter 12
Sophie meets with Langdon in the men’s restroom. She informs him that he is under
surveillance, and that he is the prime suspect in Saunière’s murder. She also
shows Langdon that he was cited by name in Saunière’s cryptic message, a fact that
had been kept from him by the other investigators.
Chapter 13
Sophie tells Langdon that the numeric sequence found near Saunière’s body is
likely meaningless, that it was just a ploy to ensure her own involvement in the
investigation, because she is Saunière’s estranged granddaughter. She also tells
Langdon she is helping him because she believes he is innocent.
Chapter 14
The police continue to watch Langdon’s movements. They receive word that Sophie’s
presence at the crime scene is unofficial.
Chapter 15
The lay monk Silas mentally prepares himself to carry out his orders in the Church
of Saint-Sulpice in the search for the keystone.
Chapter 16
Sophie thinks back upon the circumstances of parents’ deaths in an automobile
accident, as well as her later estrangement from her grandfather, Saunière, after
she inadvertently witnessed him engaged in a mysterious, unsettling act. Convinced
of Langdon’s innocence, she decides to help him escape from the Louvre.
Chapter 17
The French investigators realize that Saunière is Sophie Neveu’s grandfather as
attempts to reach her by cell phone are unsuccessful. The GPS tracking device
indicates that Langdon had jumped from the second floor of the museum, possibly to
his death.
Chapter 18
The GPS tracker indicates that Langdon survived the jump and has entered a car,
prompting the police to begin pursuit. In truth, Sophie has thrown the tracking
device on to a truck driving on the street below the museum. Langdon and Sophie
plan a route out of the museum as most of the police leave the facility.
Chapter 19
Silas tours the storied Saint-Sulpice church with the nun who lives on site. He
requests solitude to pray, but the nun experiences a sense of dread and decides to
watch him from the shadows.
Chapter 20
Moving through the darkened museum, Langdon and Sophie continue to consider the
mysterious code left by the dying Saunière. The symbolic significance of pentacles
and the Fibonacci sequence are related to the concept of the sacred feminine and
goddess worship, both of which figure heavily in the entire book. At the end of
the chapter, Langdon decodes part of Saunière’s message as “Leonardo Da Vinci” and
“The Mona Lisa.”
Chapter 21
Sophie recalls her grandfather’s lifelong fascination with Da Vinci, as well as
his longstanding interest in anagrams and wordplay. She convinces Langdon to
escape to the U.S. embassy, but as he is leaving the building, he decodes another
part of Saunière’s message and returns to find Sophie.
Chapter 22
Silas surveys the sanctuary of the Saint-Sulpice church, thinking of the strange
history of the church and its former role as the site of the prime meridian. As
Silas begins to search the church for the keystone, Bishop Aringarosa touches down
in Rome to attend a meeting.
Chapter 23
Sophie and Langdon are reunited in front of the Mona Lisa. In response to his
query as to the personal significance of the letters P.S., Sophie recalls a
strange key-like object emblazoned with the letters that she found in Saunière’s
things when she was a child. Langdon contends that this may signal Saunière’s
membership in a centuries-old, secretive group known as the Priory of Sion, which
is involved in goddess worship and other esoteric affairs.
Chapter 24
Silas digs in search of the keystone under an obelisk in the Saint-Sulpice
sanctuary. His behavior prompts the nun to initiate a long-established procedure
notifying a secret network of his actions.
Chapter 25
Sophie’s ruse of a cell phone message for Langdon earlier in the evening is
revealed to the detectives as a falsehood, as has the thrown GPS device. Detective
Fache realizes Sophie used the ploy to deliver her own message to Langdon.
Chapter 26
Langdon recalls the goddess worship undertones of the Mona Lisa painting. He and
Sophie find a message written in black-light pen at the site of the Mona Lisa in
the Louvre.
Chapter 27
The police realize Sophie’s deception and recognize that she and Langdon are
likely still in the museum, prompting a return of the detectives to the facility
in pursuit of the fugitives.
Chapter 28
Sophie and Langdon consider the implications of Saunière’s subsequent message, “so
dark the con of man.” Langdon contends that this proves Saunière’s membership in
the Priory of Sion, because that group has long protested the Catholic Church’s
denigration of the sacred feminine. They are found by museum security, and Langdon
is forced to lie down on the floor in a position of surrender.
Chapter 29
Silas digs further within the church’s sanctuary, but realizes he has been
thwarted by a false lead. The nun, recognizing by his self-inflicted wounds that
Silas is likely a member of Opus Dei, begins to call four Paris phone numbers to
report this turn of events.
Chapter 30
Sophie attempts to intervene in Langdon’s arrest, while also scanning another Da
Vinci work for clues. She finds a metal key engraved with “PS” at the base of the
painting. She rips the priceless art work from the wall, using it as body armor to
aid her and Langdon in their escape. Sophie reveals that “so dark the con of man”
was actually an anagram for Madonna of the Rocks, the painting where she found the
hidden key.
Chapter 31
The nun realizes that all of the four Paris contacts have been killed, indicating
that the upper echelons of the secret organization have been breached by an
outsider. Silas hears her making the phone calls and beats her to death.
Chapter 32
Sophie and Langdon escape from the Louvre in her car, discussing the implications
of Saunière’s clues. Sophie reveals the key that she found to Langdon. She also
recalls the secret ritual that she witnessed during a surprise visit to her
grandfather’s home a decade ago, which prompted her estrangement from Saunière.
The pair finds the area surrounding the U.S. embassy to be blocked by Paris
police.
Chapter 33
Barred from the embassy, Sophie and Langdon mull their escape options and head for
a train station. They also try to determine what type of key they have found,
speculating about what it might open.
Chapter 34
Bishop Aringarosa arrives in Vatican City and is transported to a meeting,
mentally preparing his defense for the continued existence of Opus Dei. He thinks
back to a prior meeting held at the Church’s astronomy center, during which he was
given six months to carry out an unnamed task.
Chapter 35
Sophie and Langdon buy train tickets to confuse the police, and then take a taxi
out of Paris. They find an address written in black-light pen on the back of the
key and direct the driver to take them there.
Chapter 36
The detectives learn of the fugitives’ decoy tactics and initiate more thorough
search procedures. Arrest bulletins are issued for both Sophie and Langdon.
Chapter 37
As Sophie and Langdon travel through a part of the city overrun with prostitutes
and other forms of public debauchery, Langdon provides her with a detailed account
of the Priory of Sion’s formation and activities throughout history. He notes that
the protection of a cache of secret documents is the mission of the group, and
that these documents constitute the “Holy Grail” of lore.
Chapter 38
Langdon relates more details of the Holy Grail and its relationship to the sacred
feminine, a topic which happens to be the subject matter of the book he is in the
process of completing. The pair is forced to hijack the taxi at gunpoint after the
driver recognizes them and attempts to report their location by radio.
Chapter 39
Ensconced in a room at the Paris Opus Dei boardinghouse, Silas regrets his
impulsive murder of the nun and worries that his actions will endanger Bishop
Aringarosa. He engages in more of the self-mortification that is a central pillar
of the controversial Opus Dei rites.
Chapter 40
Langdon reflects on Da Vinci’s past involvement with the Priory of Sion. He and
Sophie discover that the address written on the key is a Swiss-style bank, which
allows customers to access their safety deposit boxes in complete anonymity.
Chapter 41
At his meeting with Church leaders, Bishop Aringarosa is given a large sum of
currency in Vatican-issued bonds. The implication is that Opus Dei is to carry out
an important task in return for the payment, although the exact nature of the task
is not yet revealed to the reader.
Chapter 42
Langdon and Sophie use the golden key to open several gates and doors, finally
entering the Swiss bank. They are immediately recognized as the two fugitives the
guards have seen described on Paris television. The two are led to a private room
and instructed on how to access their deposit box, but are prompted for an account
number that they cannot provide. Bank employees clandestinely alert the police to
Langdon and Sophie’s presence.
Chapter 43
The bank president arrives on the scene, seeking to remove the fugitives from the
premises before the police arrive in order to keep the bank out of the media
spotlight. He recognizes Sophie and is shocked when he is told that her
grandfather has been murdered, but tells them he has no access to account number
information. Langdon suggests using the numeric code that was part of Saunière’s
message.
Chapter 44
Before entering the number into the bank computer, Sophie realizes it is too
simple. After discussing possible alternatives, they decide to try the Fibonacci
sequence, instead, which uses the digits of the original number in a slightly
rearranged order. This proves to be correct, and the automated safety box
retrieval system is activated. However, the box that is brought to them does not
contain the Holy Grail chalice they had expected to find.
Chapter 45
The police have barricaded the roads outside the bank, and Vernet, the bank
president, seeks a way to smuggle the two fugitives out of the facility
undetected. They escape in the back of an armored truck, which is driven by the
bank president himself disguised as a truck driver.
Chapter 46
Silas thinks back on the chain of events that led to his current predicament. Opus
Dei was prompted by a mysterious figure called the Teacher to seek the keystone
that would lead to the Holy Grail. Although Silas believes he has failed the
Bishop, he is told that the secret location of the keystone may have been passed
on before Saunière died.
Chapter 47
Inside the cargo hold of the armored truck, Sophie and Langdon survey the object
they took from the safety deposit box, which appears similar to a wooden jewelry
box. They determine that it is actually a locked device called a cryptex,
originally devised by Da Vinci. A cryptex is a device used to carry secret
messages. It destroys the sensitive documents encased in it if tampered with or
broken. Langdon thinks it may be the keystone that will lead to the Holy Grail.
Chapter 48
Sophie and Langdon discuss his conclusion, also addressing the way that the
keystone fits into the organizational structure of the Priory of Sion. Sophie
remarks that her grandfather may have been the leader of the group, based on the
troubling scene she witness years ago. As they contemplate the mystery, they are
confronted at gunpoint by Vernet, the bank president who was driving the vehicle.
Chapter 49
Vernet demands the box from Sophie and Langdon, claiming that he is attempting to
protect Saunière’s assets. He claims that the fugitives have been accused of three
other murders, in addition to Saunière’s. After a scuffle, Langdon and Sophie
escape with the box and the armored car, leaving Vernet on the side of the road.
Chapter 50
Aringarosa leaves the meeting, contemplating the implications of the massive
payoff he has received from the Church. He begins to feel anxious that the
mysterious figure known as the Teacher has not contacted him.
Chapter 51
Sophie and Langdon make their getaway in the badly damaged armored truck. Sophie
attempts to open the cryptex, with no luck. Langdon convinces Sophie that they
should travel to the estate of a British historian who is very knowledgeable about
the legend of the Holy Grail, and after some persuasion, she finally agrees.
Chapter 52
Sophie and Langdon travel to Versailles and arrive at the sprawling estate of
British historian Sir Leigh Teabing.
Chapter 53
Stranded bank president Vernet contacts his facility and asks them to track the
missing armored truck using the GPS system installed on the undercarriage of all
of the bank’s vehicles.
Chapter 54
Sophie and Langdon are brought into the parlor of Teabing’s estate by his butler.
Langdon prompts Teabing to tell Sophie the full story of the Holy Grail.
Chapter 55
Teabing, a renowned Grail historian, begins to regale Langdon and Sophie with a
history of the development and spread of Christianity. He contends that little of
the organized institution of religion reflects the beliefs and values of Christ.
Teabing further asserts that the Grail is not an object, but rather, a person.
Chapter 56
Teabing goes on to explain that in ancient astronomical symbology, the symbol for
female was called a chalice. Ancient Christianity revered the sacred feminine,
particularly the embodiment of this spirit in a particular historical woman. The
identity of this person and the documentation of her role in Church history,
Teabing explains, is the Holy Grail.
Chapter 57
The police are prevented from searching the bank facility until they produce a
search warrant. They are finally given the coordinates to the current location of
the armored truck, and the gathered force rushes off to pursue this lead.
Meanwhile, Silas arrives at Teabing’s estate with a loaded gun and stealthily
surveys the scene.
Chapter 58
Teabing leads Sophie and Langdon to a large-scale print of Da Vinci’s The Last
Supper as part of his explanation. Although it is commonly believed that the
painting depicts Christ and his 12 male disciples, Teabing makes a convincing case
that a central figure in the painting is actually a woman. He also points out
numerous other clues that support his shocking central argument: Mary Magdalene
and Jesus were married and had a child.
Chapter 59
Bishop Aringarosa calls the New York Opus Dei headquarters to check his messages.
The number he is given connects him to the police headquarters in Paris where the
investigation of Saunière’s death is ongoing. A detective asks the Bishop to
answer some questions.
Chapter 60
Teabing and Langdon further explain some of the symbols associated with Mary
Magdalene, including the rose that features so prominently in discussion of the
Holy Grail. Teabing tells Sophie that the Holy Grail is the physical body of Mary
Magdalene, along with a vast array of documents that provide her personal account
of her life with Christ. He also explains that part of the responsibility of the
Priory of Sion is protecting the royal bloodline of Christ, known as the
Merovingians. Sophie suspects that she may be a member of this line.
Chapter 61
Langdon tells Sophie that she is probably not of the Merovingian blood line,
because her surname does not match those known to be affiliated with Christ’s
progeny. Langdon recounts some of the many cultural artifacts that refer to Mary
Magdalene’s true identity, ranging from art to classical music to cinema. Their
discussion is interrupted when Teabing returns from a discussion with his butler,
angered and accusatory, demanding an explanation from the two fugitives about the
true nature of their visit.
Chapter 62
Sophie and Langdon tell Teabing about the series of events that led them to his
estate. Teabing is shocked to hear of the deaths of Saunière and the three other
leaders of the Priory. He tells the pair that the Church may be trying to locate
and destroy the Grail documents before the Priory makes public the secret history
of Christ. Silas enters the estate, seeking the keystone.
Chapter 63
The police arrive at Teabing’s estate and find the discarded armored truck. They
also find the black Audi Silas arrived in, but are unsure as to its ownership.
Following a conversation with the Paris detectives, Bishop Aringarosa is anxious
about the ominous turn of events in France. He reveals an inside connection with
lead detective Captain Fache, but is uncertain whether this relationship will be
sufficient to protect both Opus Dei and himself from suspicion in the case.
Chapter 64
Teabing gingerly opens the box holding the cryptex, savoring the fruition of years
of Grail research. Meanwhile, Langdon examines the box, studying its construction
carefully. He removes a carved rose and finds four lines of text in an unfamiliar
language. Then, Silas suddenly appears, striking Langdon with enough force to
render him unconscious.
Chapter 65
After Silas’ ambush, he tries to compel Sophie and Teabing to hand over the
keystone. Teabing, who is disabled and uses crutches to walk, cleverly disarms
Silas by hitting him with a crutch. The police in the driveway hear the weapon
being discharged, and decide to enter the estate. Langdon, Sophie, and Teabing
decide to leave the estate, along with the butler and a restrained Silas.
Chapter 66
Using the house’s intercom system, the escaping party tricks the police into
thinking they are upstairs, when they are actually in the garage selecting a
suitable vehicle in which to escape the estate.
Chapter 67
Rolling across the darkened fields of Teabing’s estate in a custom-equipped Range
Rover, Teabing calls ahead to have his private jet prepared for immediate take-
off. He then unsuccessfully attempts to interrogate Silas as to his motives.
Langdon calls his New York publisher to ask an important question.
Chapter 68
After speaking to his publisher, Langdon determines that Saunière found out about
his expertise on the subject of the Holy Grail when a manuscript copy of his book
was sent to the curator for a pre-publication review. The group arrives at the air
field and, with some persuasion, convince the pilot to fly all of them to England.

Chapter 69
On the plane, the group once again turns to the puzzle of the cryptex. Teabing
tells Sophie that her possession of the keystone confers upon her a grave
responsibility. He urges her to make the Grail documents known to the world as
soon as they are discovered.
Chapter 70
The police are told that bank president Vernet is willing to admit to abetting the
fugitives in exchange for no media coverage and a return of the property that
Langdon and Sophie took from the safety deposit box. They also discover that
Teabing’s private jet has taken off en route to England.
Chapter 71
Langdon and the others attempt to decipher, or even to recognize, the strange text
beneath the inlaid rose on the cryptex box. Finally, Sophie recognizes it as
English written in reverse, similar to a technique Da Vinci used to render his
private journals illegible to outsiders.
Chapter 72
The reversed text is revealed to be a kind of riddle in verse. Teabing, Langdon,
and Sophie attempt to decipher it.
Chapter 73
The French police interrogate the employees of the private airfield from which
Teabing’s jet took off. They determine that it is extremely likely that the
aircraft will be landing in Kent within 15 minutes. The police attempt to contact
local law enforcement in the Kent area.
Chapter 74
Langdon presses Sophie to tell him more about the incident that estranged her from
her grandfather years ago. He guesses, correctly, that she witnessed him
participating in a sex rite. He identifies the ceremony as Heiros Gamos, an
ancient ritual held in the spring as a celebration of the eternal recurrence of
the sacred feminine. Langdon points out that the ancient view of sex was very
different from our own, and that this ritual had more to do with religious
mysticism than eroticism.
Chapter 75
After receiving a clandestine update from Captain Fache when he is mid-flight, a
shaken Bishop Aringarosa implores the pilot of his plane to change directions. He
is forced to give up his cherished golden ring to get the pilot to agree. He
returns to his seat, dejected and worried about the unforeseen course of events
that has unfolded.
Chapter 76
Once again tackling the cryptic poem, the group determines that the “headstone
praised by Templars” is probably a stone head called “Baphomet.” They then use a
decoding method called the Atbash cipher, also named in the poem, to try to
translate “Baphomet” into a five-letter word that will fit in the space provided
on the cryptex.
Chapter 77
The group applies the Atbash cipher, which is based on the Hebrew alphabet, to the
word “Baphomet.” They discover that the code word is “Sofia,” the Greek rendering
of Sophie’s name, meaning “wisdom.” This matches the poem’s call for an “ancient
word of wisdom,” while also reinforcing the fact that Saunière did, in fact,
intend for the keystone to go to his granddaughter.
Chapter 78
When the group opens the cryptex, they find, instead of a map to the Holy Grail, a
second, smaller cryptex, wrapped in a paper scroll upon which is written another
code in verse. It mentions London, indicating that they are headed in the correct
direction. Meanwhile, Kent police begin to arrive at the local airfield where
Teabing’s jet is headed.
Chapter 79
At Teabing’s estate, detectives peruse his vast library of Grail research
materials, bagging some of his documents as evidence. Bank president Vernet calls
Detective Collet, who recognizes his voice as being the same of the driver whose
armor truck was later discovered to have helped the fugitives escape.
Chapter 80
Teabing indicates his plan is to bribe the airport officials to allow Sophie and
Langdon’s undocumented entry into England. An unusual delay at the Kent airport
makes the group suspicious that they are going to be met by law enforcement
officers, and Teabing begins to devise a plan.
Chapter 81
After landing at the Kent airport, Teabing feigns bemusement and outrage when
faced with the police and officials waiting there for him. He allows a friendly
airport employee to check the plan for fugitives. When no sign of Langdon or
Sophie is found, Teabing is allowed to leave. The others have managed to hide in
Teabing’s limousine. The group safely escapes the airport and heads toward London.

Chapter 82
Arriving in town, the group continues to attempt to decipher the coded poem,
particularly a reference to a “knight interred by a pope.” Teabing suggests a
Templar church in the city as a possible site. They discuss the potential
ramifications of the release of the Grail documents for Christianity and for the
world.

Chapter 83
At the Temple Church, which is a circular medieval edifice, Teabing uses deception
to convince the staff to allow them to tour the crypt before official visiting
hours have begun. Viewing the eerie burial chamber, Langdon is convinced they have
found the site that will yield more clues to the location of the Grail.
Chapter 84
Waiting in the car outside the church, Teabing’s manservant Rémy wields a knife at
the bound Silas, who remains captive with the group. However, he does not stab the
lay monk, but instead, releases him from his bonds and offers him a shot of vodka.
Teabing’s manservant reveals himself to be a friend of Opus Dei. At the Kent
airport, Captain Fache speaks with Bishop Aringarosa and urges him to direct the
pilot of his plane to the same airport. Aringarosa expresses concern that Fache
has not yet rescued Silas.
Chapter 85
Sophie and Langdon closely scrutinize the tombs in the Temple Church. Something
appears to be amiss, and they are informed by an altar boy that the tombs are
effigies, rather than actual burial sites. As he leaves the building, the altar
boy is ambushed and threatened by Rèmy, who is wielding a gun.
Chapter 86
Silas and Rèmy confront Sophie, Teabing, and Langdon, demanding the keystone. They
threaten Teabing with death, and Langdon surrenders the cryptex. Silas and Rèmy
take Teabing with them as a hostage when they leave the church.
Chapter 87
The detectives searching Teabing’s villa run a background check on Rèmy, finding
that he has a history of petty crime, as well as a peanut allergy. They also
discover a state-of-the-art surveillance center on the second story of a barn on
the property.
Chapter 88
Langdon travels to a historical library to research knights’ tombs in London.
Sophie decides to report Teabing’s kidnapping to the authorities. Her call is
immediately patched through to Captain Fache, who tells her that he knows they are
innocent and that she and Langdon must turn themselves in.
Chapter 89
Vernet contacts Fache and asks that the stolen property be returned to the bank.
Fache assures him that the bank will not be mentioned in press reports, and that
the stolen property is secure.
Chapter 90
It is discovered that the surveillance center in Teabing’s barn contains audio
files of conversations in Saunière’s office, as well as the offices of several
other curators and historians around Paris. The surveillance device was hidden in
a knight figure on Saunière’s desk.

Chapter 91
Rèmy ties and gags Teabing in the back of the limousine. Soon afterwards, Silas
receives a phone call from the Teacher. He tells Silas that Rèmy will deliver the
keystone to him. Then, talking to Rèmy, the Teacher orders that Silas be dropped
off at the London Opus Dei Residence.

Chapter 92
Langdon and Sophie enlist the help of a research librarian to search the massive
electronic databases at King’s College, seeking reference to the tomb of a knight
interred by a pope.
Chapter 93
Silas arrives at the London Opus Dei Center. Soon after his arrival, the police
contact the front desk personnel and confirm his presence at the center.
Chapter 94
Rèmy meets the Teacher at St. James’s Park in the middle of London. After handing
the Teacher the cryptex, the two celebrate with a shared sip of cognac from the
Teacher’s flask. Rèmy soon enters anaphylactic shock, as the peanut particles
mixed in the cognac causes his throat to swell shut. As Rèmy dies, the Teacher
relishes the fact that he, alone, knows the answer to the coded challenge set
forth in the poem’s reference to a knight’s tomb. Aringarosa, arriving in Kent,
directs the driver of the car Fache arranged for him to take him to London’s Opus
Dei center.
Chapter 95
At the library, Langdon realizes that the knight in question is Sir Isaac Newton,
who was buried in London not by a Catholic Pope, but by the famous English poet
Alexander Pope. The two rush to the site of his tomb in Westminster Abbey.
Chapter 96
Silas is attacked in his room at the Opus Dei Center by police. In the confusion
of the scuffle, Bishop Aringarosa, who had just arrived to try to find Silas, is
shot.
Chapter 97
Sophie and Langdon arrive at Westminster Abbey and begin searching for Newton’s
tomb. The Teacher, who is there lying in wait, sees them and plans an ambush in
order to eliminate all witnesses who know about the cryptex. He tries to develop a
plan to lure the two to a less public part of the grounds.
Chapter 98
Arriving finally at the tomb, the two find a message indicating that Teabing’s
kidnappers are on site, and that they should walk to the public garden to
negotiate with the captors for his release. In a deserted area closed for
renovations, Sophie and Langdon meet Leigh Teabing himself.
Chapter 99
Faced with Langdon and Sophie’s shock and betrayal, Teabing attempts to justify
his actions. He claims that Saunière shirked his duty to the Grail by failing to
release the documents to the world. Teabing also tells Sophie that the deaths of
her family when she was a child were murders committed by the Church to pressure
Saunière into remaining quiet. Teabing refuses Langdon’s request to release
Sophie, but gives Langdon the cryptex. Sophie vows never to help Teabing.
Chapter 100
After being shot, Bishop Aringarosa tells Silas they were both betrayed by the
Teacher. He reveals that at his first meeting at the Vatican five months ago, he
received word that Opus Dei would have its preferential title revoked, and would
no longer be regarded as a prelature of the Vatican, within six months’ time. On
his deathbed, Aringarosa urges Silas to forgive, rather than seek revenge against
his killers.
Chapter 101
Langdon takes a moment to think carefully about his course of action. He decides
to try to break the code to help Sophie’s chances of escape. Sophie resists,
holding fast to her vow to refuse help to Teabing. At an impasse, Langdon launches
the cryptex into the air, and its landing initiates the self-destruct process
built into the device. However, it is soon revealed that Langdon had already
removed the innermost scroll, having figured out that the code word was “apple.”
The police arrive, and Teabing is detained.

Chapter 102
Silas prays and asks for forgiveness in Kensington Gardens.
Chapter 103
The police continue to unravel the complex details of Teabing’s surveillance
operation. Bishop Aringarosa makes a miraculous recovery from his gunshot wound.
He asks Captain Fache to distribute the Vatican bonds among the victims of Silas’
murderous rampage in Paris. Fache returns the ring with which Aringarosa bribed
the pilot.
Chapter 104
The final clues in the search for the Grail lead Sophie and Langdon to Rosslyn
Chapel in Scotland. Sophie remembers visiting the church as a very young girl.
There, the two find Sophie’s brother and grandmother, whom she had believed to be
dead, living in a house on the church property.
Chapter 105
It is learned that Sophie’s family had to be separated in order to protect their
true identity as descendents of Christ. Sophie’s grandmother reveals that the
Grail documents are not, in fact, hidden underneath the church at Rosslyn. Langdon
and Sophie agree to meet in Florence later in the year to get to know each other
better.
Epilogue
After returning to Paris, Langdon has a revelation about the location of the Grail
documents. Remembering that Paris, too, was once the location of the prime
meridian, or “rose line,” he considers a new interpretation of the last clue from
the cryptex. Although it is not fullly confirmed, Langdon strongly suspects that
the Grail is hidden beneath the two glass pyramids at the entrance of the Louvre.
Extreme Summary
Symbologist discovers ancient secret that threatens to destroy the Christian
faith.
AuthorDan Brown
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish language
Genre(s)Thriller, Crime, Mystery fiction
PublisherDoubleday (USA) & Bantam Books
Released18 March 2003 (USA) & 1 July 2003 (UK)Media TypePrint (HardcoverPages454
p. (US hardback edition) & 359 p. (UK hardback edition)ISBNISBN 0-385-50420-9 (US
hardback edition), ISBN 0-593-05244-7 (UK hardback edition) & ISBN 1-4000-7917-9
(US paperback edition)Preceded byAngels and DemonsFollowed byThe Solomon Key