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Following Robert Langdon, a Journey Through Dan Brown’s Hidden Secrets

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I love books featuring real-life locations. That’s why I write them. To read about a city steeped in history, to hear the pounding of a character’s steps and know that I can walk the same path! Finally, there’s less than a week to the release of Dan Brown’s new Robert Langdon mystery thriller, The Secret of Secrets. So I splurged into an imaginary journey of my own. Why don’t you join me?

Book Review: “The Secret of Secrets” by Dan Brown: a labyrinth of mind, mystery, and manuscripts. Read below.

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8 Books Like When Secrets Bloom, Weaving Tone in Historical Fiction

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To a fiction writer, tone is more than just word choice; it is the whisper of a writer’s soul on the page. It colors every scene, shapes how the reader reads and hears your world, and shows not only what is told, but how we are supposed to feel it. The tone of historical fiction literature is inextricably linked to the time period depicted. The correct tone does more than just depict the past; it represents it. It represents the anxieties, silences, and dreams of those who experienced it. The appropriate tone can transport the dust from the battlefield into a room of silk and candles.

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