New look Dan Brown backlist titles revealed
To celebrate the release of The Lost Symbol, all of Dan Brown's novels are being re-released with new-look covers and an all new format. Visit the books page to find out more.
The Lost Symbol – global jacket reveal
LONDON, UK (July 07 2009) Following widespread speculation about content of the eagerly-awaited new novel from phenomenal bestselling author Dan Brown, Transworld Publishers today released the UK jacket of The Lost Symbol.
For the first time, fans worldwide will discover the setting for the action and key themes from the forthcoming thriller which will have a global English language first print run of 6.5million copies: the largest first print in the history of Random House worldwide.
Since announcement of publication in April 2009, anticipation for the release of the new novel featuring Brown's unforgettable protagonist, Robert Langdon, has reached epic proportions amongst fans, especially in the online community. The book trade has been equally enthusiastic, predicting that The Lost Symbol will be the biggest ever hardback adult novel published since records began.
The Lost Symbol will be published on 15 September 2009. It is the follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, the international bestseller with 81 million copies in print worldwide and the UK's biggest selling paperback novel of all time.* Published in March 2004, the book spent more than two years in the Sunday Times Top 10 Bestsellers list with 68 weeks spent at No.1.
Following the publication of The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown's earlier novels Angels and Demons, Deception Point and Digital Fortress have all gone on to become multi-million copy international bestsellers and rank as the UK's 2nd, 3rd and 4th bestselling adult paperback novels of all time.* Transworld Publishers in the UK have published all of Dan Brown's novels, which were acquired by Publisher Bill Scott-Kerr.
Today Doubleday US simultaneously released their jacket of The Lost Symbol, which will be wrapped around millions of hardbacks in the North America. To view the US jacket, please visit http://knopfdoubleday.com/danbrown
The Lost Symbol – the long-awaited new novel!
Dan Brown’s new novel, the eagerly awaited follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, the biggest selling paperback novel of all time, will be published in the UK by Transworld Publishers on 15th September 2009.
The Lost Symbol will have a global English language print run of 6.5 million copies, and it will once again feature Dan Brown’s unforgettable protagonist, Robert Langdon.
‘This novel has been a strange and wonderful journey,’ said Brown. ‘Weaving five years of research into the story's 12-hour timeframe was an exhilarating challenge. Robert Langdon's life clearly moves a lot faster than mine.’
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Angels & Demons is coming to the big screen on 14 May 2009.
Directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, this will be a thrilling adaptation of the prequel to The Da Vinci Code.
Great Queen Street, once a secret pathway used by royalty, is being revamped to encourage more people to walk between Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, Covent Garden and Leicester Square. The street and the nearby Freemasons' building featured in The Da Vinci Code.