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Sterling, 2005
Reviewed by Barbara Fielding
SECRET'S OF THE WIDOW'S SON is an ambitious book that
seeks to give readers a "jump start on understanding the intellectual
substance" of Dan Brown's next novel. The rumor mill supposes the
sequel to THE DA VINCI CODE will be based on another secret fraternal
society, the Freemasons. Shugarts claims to have cracked a coded message
from the jacket flaps of DVC -- a series of bold letters that
when linked together form the question, "Is there no help for the
widow's son?" This line is reported to be a common phrase used as a plea
for help from one Freemason to another.
Shugarts explores the history and symbols of the
Freemasons with many little- known facts and stories of their early
beginnings. If you are a fan of Dan Brown's books, you will
appreciate the incredible amount of research that has gone into his
writings. Readers can become unsure what is fact and fiction when Brown
draws his often stunning conclusions based on a mixture of information. Shugarts has sifted though the research and condensed the material into
an easily readable and interesting format. As an added bonus Shugarts
points out a few errors in the aviation details found in DVC.
There are also facts and stories of the Knights Templar, the Illuminati,
and a list of famous American Freemasons.
While Dan Brown has hinted at the subject of his next
book he has not publicly disclosed the new mystery Robert Langdon will
be called on to solve in his sequel to DVC. Readers can enjoy
passing the time with the speculations and conjectures within SECRETS OF
THE WIDOW'S SON.
October 2005
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