Full of Renaissance-era Art History, Inferno is Dan Brown's fourth novel to feature his intriguing protagonist, Robert Langdon, Harvard University Professor and Cryptologist. As the title suggests, the plot centers around an urgent mystery involving clues related to Dante Alighieri's masterpiece, The Divine Comedy. Divided into three cantos (Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso), the epic poem describe's Dante's descent into Hell and ultimate salvation in Paradise.
In the story, Robert Langdon awakens in a Florence, Italy hospital room with a bullet scrape on his head and no recollection of how he got there. After escaping an assassin and soldiers, Langdon and his new friend, Dr. Sienna Brooks, discover a bizarre artifact amongst his belongings… a device that holds the secret to a Dante-obsessed madman's bold plot to battle world overpopulation through a genetically engineered plague.
Robert Langdon and Sienna Brooks follow clues and evade capture while passing through some of the most treasured and historically-significant buildings of Florence, Venice and Istanbul… including the Palazzo Vecchio, Il Duomo, Porta Romana, Boboli Gardens, the Hall of the Five Hundred, the Church of Dante, the Baptistery of San Giovanni and Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise, St. Mark's Basilica, Hagia Sophia and Yerebatan Sarayi. Glimpses of renowned artworks like Sandro Botticelli's Map of Hell, Michelangelo's David and Giorgio Vasari's Battaglia di Marciano lead to the discovered theft of the plaster death mask of Dante Alighieri himself.
While rich in art and adventure, the one missing aspect of the story (which was present in the other Langdon novels) is the intriguing element of a Secret Society at work. Nevertheless, Inferno makes for an enjoyable literary respite, and it's screen adaptation will surely become a hit film when production commences.
Il Duomo, Florence: Inferno. Dan Brown
David, Michelangelo: Inferno. Dan Brown
Michelangelo's David: Inferno. Dan Brown
Ancient cylinder seal: Inferno. Dan Brown
Satan with three mouths: Inferno. Dan Brown
The Seven Deadly Sins: Inferno. Dan Brown
Map of Hell by Sandro Botticelli: Inferno. Dan Brown
Map of Hell by Sandro Botticelli: Inferno. Dan Brown
Plague Doctor: Inferno. Dan Brown
Badia Tower, Florence: Inferno. Dan Brown
Dante Alighieri: Inferno. Dan Brown
Porta Romana: Inferno. Dan Brown
Florence Art Institute: Inferno. Dan Brown
Boboli Gardens: Inferno. Dan Brown
Boboli Gardens: Inferno. Dan Brown
Battaglia di Marciano. Giorgio Vasari: Inferno. Dan Brown
Cerca Trova: Inferno. Dan Brown
Pitti Palace: Inferno. Dan Brown
The Buontalenti Grotto: Inferno. Dan Brown
The Vasari Corridor: Inferno. Dan Brown
Palazzo Vecchio: Inferno. Dan Brown
Hall of the Five Hundred: Inferno. Dan Brown
For the Love of God. Damien Hirst: Inferno. Dan Brown
Lo Studiolo: Inferno. Dan Brown
Death Mask of Dante Alighieri: Inferno. Dan Brown
Hall of Geographical Maps, Palazzo Vecchio: Inferno. Dan Brown
secret passage: Inferno. Dan Brown
Apotheosis of Cosimo: Inferno. Dan Brown
attic of Hall of the Five Hundred: Inferno. Dan Brown
Church of Dante: Inferno. Dan Brown
Tomb of Beatrice Portinari: Inferno. Dan Brown
Dante Alighieri: Inferno. Dan Brown
Campanile- Giotto's Bell Tower: Inferno. Dan Brown
Baptistery of San Giovanni: Inferno. Dan Brown
Baptistery of San Giovanni: Inferno. Dan Brown
Satan- Baptistery of San Giovanni: Inferno. Dan Brown
Gates of Paradise. Lorenzo Ghiberti: Inferno. Dan Brown
Saint Lucia: Inferno. Dan Brown
Saint Mark's Square, Venice: Inferno. Dan Brown
Horses of St. Mark's: Inferno. Dan Brown
original Horses of St. Mark's: Inferno. Dan Brown
Saint Mark's Basilica: Inferno. Dan Brown
Association for Research into Crimes Against Art: Inferno. Dan Brown
Tomb of Saint Mark: Inferno. Dan Brown
Hagia Sophia: Inferno. Dan Brown
Hagia Sophia. John Singer Sargent: Inferno. Dan Brown
Hagia Sophia: Inferno. Dan Brown
Tomb of Enrico Dandolo: Inferno. Dan Brown
Yerebatan Sarayi, The Sunken Palace: Inferno. Dan Brown
Medusa- Yerebatan Sarayi, The Sunken Palace: Inferno. Dan Brown
Yerebatan Sarayi, The Sunken Palace: Inferno. Dan Brown
Yerebatan Sarayi, The Sunken Palace: Inferno. Dan Brown
