Is The Da Vinci Code a plagiarization?
Take a look at this blog entry comparing the similarities between The Da Vinci Code and The Da Vinci Legacy, written by Lewis Perdue. The sentence structure and the correlations between the characters are incredibly blatant:
In the viewing room at the bank The Da Vinci Code:
“Langdon and Sophie stepped into another world. The small room before them looked like a lavish sitting room at a fine hotel. Gone were the metal and rivets, replaced with oriental carpets, dark oak furniture, and cushioned chairs. On the broad desk in the middle of the room, two crystal glasses sat beside an opened bottle of Perrier, its bubbles still fizzing. A pewter pot of coffee steamed beside it.”
In the viewing room at the bank from Daughter of God
“Ridgeway and Zoe looked silently about them. The room was the size of a luxury hotel room and furnished in much the same way. Besides the sofa and chairs, there was a television set, a rack of current magazines, a small computer terminal displaying financial quotes, and a wet bar stocked with liquor. Ridgeway went to the wet bar, set the wrapped painting down on the counter, and filled a tumbler with water from a chilled bottle of Perrier.”
and this other startling similarity:
DoG: “The door slid shut as firmly and solidly as a vault door. Ridgeway tried the knob. It was locked.”
DVC: “Leaving, the banker closed the door behind him and twisted a heavy lock, sealing them inside.”
Locking someone inside the viewing room is simply NOT done, NOT standard procedure and, as far as I know, simply does not appear elsewhere in any other books.
Perhaps this is why The Da Vinci Code is so historically inaccurate and it seems so much like Angels and Demons.
Is The Da Vinci Code a plagiarization?
