Designed and written in the style of the book The Da Vinci Code, this guide answers the questions raised by another popular novel by Dan Brown, The Illuminati.

The Secrets of the Illuminati transport us to baroque-era Rome, to the inner sanctums of the Vatican, to the hermetically sealed papal apartments, where secret religious sects alter the fates of the world, where the greatest creator of the time, Bernini, creates the famous statues and buildings with hidden symbols.

As in the previous book edited by Dan Burstein, prominent historians, theologians, philosophers, scientists, archaeologists, art theorists, linguists, occultists, and writers discuss and analyze Dan Brown's novel and the era in which it takes place, separating truth from fiction and creating a provocative, fascinating, and easy-to-read book.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]