The author of The Da Vinci Code and The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown, claims that his books are grounded in fact, while published as fictional material. The Daily Telegraph of London inspects 50 of his claims and finds them to be factually inaccurate.

The Telegraph reports that, "Dan Brown's new novel The Lost Symbol opens with a bold word: FACT, 'all rituals, science, artwork and monuments in the novel are real,' it says. The Da Vinci Code, his previous bestseller, began in a similar fashion. 'All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents and secret rituals in this novel are accurate.' Brown says before the prologue." 

So is Dan Brown telling the truth? The Telegraph takes a look at 50 of the author's more contentious points in the two novels and a third Angels and Demons, his previous work starring Robert Langdon, a Harvard Symbologist.

This represents the Telegraph's best efforts to uncover the facts behind Brown's stories. If you disagree with any of them or if you have more information, readers should add their thoughts in the comments box below.

According to the Telegraph, "some are major, some are minor. They are divided, somewhat arbitrarily, into categories of 'History,' 'Geography,' 'Science,' 'Symbols, Religion and Mythology.' 'Language' and 'Miscellany.'"

In the 'Science' section, there is a potential plot spoiler for Angels and Demons.

In Angels and Demons, Langdon is depicted lecturing his students that the Christian tradition of Communion, eating the body of their God, originates from the Aztecs. Since the first century, Christians have been receiving Communion. Nonetheless, the Aztec civilization arose during the 13th century AD, and the Europeans did not know about the existence of the Aztecs until the late 15th century.

A character claims Nicolaus Copernicus was murdered by the Catholic Church for contradicting Biblical teaching. Actually, Copernicus died of a stroke, and there is no evidence of any foul play.

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