Robert Langdon (book series) and was released by Columbia Pictures. Robert Langdon (book series) The "Robert Langdon" book series is named after Robert Langdon, the protagonist of the novels by American author Dan Brown. Langdon is portrayed as a Harvard University professor of religious iconology and symbology, a fictional field related to the study of historic symbols, which is not methodologically connected to the actual discipline of semiotics. Brown's novels that feature the lead character also include historical themes and Christianity as motifs, and as a result have generated controversy. Brown states on his website that his books are not anti-Christian, and that he
Palliser novels with life in the fictional county where the Palliser family is politically important. Plantagenet Palliser is a main character in the Palliser novels. First introduced as a minor character in "The Small House at Allington", one of the Barsetshire novels, Palliser is the heir presumptive to the dukedom of Omnium. Palliser is a quiet, hardworking, conscientious man whose chief ambition in life is to become Chancellor of the Exchequer. After an unwise flirtation with the married Lady Dumbello (daughter of Dr Grantly and granddaughter of the Reverend Mr Harding, characters in "The Warden" and "Barchester Towers"), he agrees to an