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AUTHOR DAN BROWN LEWIS PERDUE LEWIS PERDUE
BOOK TITLE The Da Vinci Code The Da Vinci Legacy Daughter of God, Linz Testament
DATE PUBLISHED 2003 1983 1985 (Linz), 2000
NAME Robert Langdon Curtis Davis Seth Ridgeway
OCCUPATION Professor of Religious Symbology, Harvard Leonardo Da Vinci Scholar expert, geologist (DVL:15, 16,63,64) Professor, Comparative Religion, UCLA (DoG:4)
SPECIALTY Expert in Constantine, Leonardo and the Goddess Leonardo Da Vinci Scholar expert (DVL:15, 16,63,64) Expert in Constantine and the Goddess (DoG:4)
EDUCATION vague, unspecified Boston educated, MIT (DVL:63) and Cambridge (DVL:65) vague, unspecified
EYES Blue (DVC:8) Blue (DVL:63) blue (DoG:65)
HAIR Black (DVC:8) Dark Brown (DVL:63) unspecified
AGE forty-something (DVC:8) Mid- to late-30s (DVL:63) 40 years old (DoG:9)
FACE Strong jaw (DVC:8) Muscular square jaw (DVL:140)  
PHOBIA Mild Claustrophobia (DVC:ch98)   Mild Claustrophobia (DoG:ch34)"
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Good physical shape (DVC:9) good physical shape (DVL:13) Trim, good shape (DoG:9)
CURRENT APPEARANCE Fatigued, graying hair, looking older. "The past year had taken a heavy toll on him" (DVC:ch1)" Fatigued, looking older, bags under eyes, past months not kind to him (DVL:114) Fatigued, looking older, bags under eyes, past six months not kind to him (DoG:Ch4, beginn)
ATTRACTIVENESS Intriguing, woman love him (DVC:9) Intriguing, woman love him (DVL:63)  
GREEK Reads Greek (DVC:299)   Reads Greek (DoG:11)
PRESENCE In much demand as a conference speaker (DVC:7,8,448) In much demand as a conference speaker 77-80
PRESENCE - 2 "captivating" (DVC:9) CONTEXT: at podium "captivating" (DVL:midCh8) CONTEXT: at podium Smile "captivated: (DoG:earlyCh2) CONTEXT: at podium
LOST LOVE As book opens, haunted by lost love (DVC:16) As book opens, haunted by lost love (DVL:16, 23, 114) As book opens, haunted by lost love (DoG:35,39)
EMOTIONAL STATE Lost love created emotional void (DVC:Ch6) Lost love created emotional void, (DVL:23) Lost love created: " hollow void in his chest." (DoG:ChBegin 10)
FINDING LOVE By end of book, finds love (Heroine, Sophie) By end of book, finds love (Heroine, Suzanne) By end of book, finds love (Zoe)
FALSELY ACCUSED Hero accused of the murder of a Leonardo scholar, a curator/colleague (DVC:Chapters 6, 8,11and subsequent) Hero accused of the murder of Leonardo Scholars, a colleague and other people. (DVL:265,200) Hero accused of curator/colleague murder and other people (DoG:300)
HIS QUEST Locate and obtain the Grail documents and the tomb of the woman worshipped as a goddess, Mary Magdalene. Searching for Grail (DVL:73) Missing Da Vinci Codex Locate and obtain the documents and shroud of the woman worshipped as a goddess, Sophia
MOTIVATION 1 Protect heroine, Sophie Protect Heroine, Suzanne Protect heroine, Zoe
MOTIVATION 2 Avoid being killed by the bad guys and arrested by authorities who want him for murder. Avoid being killed by the bad guys and arrested by authorities who want him for murder. Avoid being killed by the bad guys and arrested by authorities who want him for murder.