He worked the plot around the age-old debate of religion versus science with a few other subplots around it. The book starts with a murder and then follows the characters' journey to find the killer and avoid a catastrophe.ĭan Brown, who himself worked as a teacher, based part of the character of Robert Langdon on himself. The book is of mystery-thriller genre, written in first person using points of view of multiple characters, but the protagonist is Robert Langdon.

Written by Ruchika Thukral, Lhien Alcazar AregloĪngels and Demons is the first book in the highly popular Robert Langdon series. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. An explosive international suspense, Angels & Demons marks this hero's first adventure as it careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. Critics have praised the exhilarating blend of relentless adventure, scholarly intrigue, and cutting wit found in Brown's remarkable thrillers featuring Robert Langdon. Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair.a clandestine location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival. Langdon's worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican's holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces they have hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy - the Catholic Church. When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to his first assignment to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol - seared into the chest of a murdered physicist - he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati.the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth.

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown