Dan Brown's new thriller "The Lost Symbol" is the biggest global publishing phenomenon since his runaway bestseller "The Da Vinci Code". The new adventures of mystery-solving Professor of Symbology, Robert Langdon have attracted huge global interest and fresh controversies concerning Dan Brown's ideas, characters and thoughts on mythology and history. "The Rough Guide to The Lost Symbol" traces all the debates concerning religion and secret societies and the views of historians on Dan Brown's plots and ideas. It casts an eye on the locations of the book and how you can visit them and explains how "The Lost Symbol" connects to Brown's previous work and other books. Whether you are a Dan Brown fanatic, sceptic or agnostic there is no doubting the excitement generated by his exciting stories all of which are explored in this guide. This new "Rough Guide" has the key to understanding "The Lost Symbol".