The Book of Secrets, Back Home Again
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Time was, the most common question we would get at the Library of Congress was, “Where are all the books?” (The answer is here.)
But a new question has begun to rival that query in frequency: “Where is the ‘Book of Secrets’?”
Well, for the next month, at least, you can find it at the Library of Congress’s Thomas Jefferson Building.
The December 2007 movie “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” has been written about here before. The heroes of the smash Walt Disney Pictures sequel came to the real Library of Congress in search of the movie’s title tome, en route to big treasure. The book (as far as even some of us in the government know, at least) is fictitious, but the prop “Book of Secrets” has proven an object of fascination. It is richly detailed and contains calligraphic reproductions of the handwriting of every president from Washington to Clinton, as well as conspiracy-related ephemera of all kinds.
The “Book of Secrets,” along with the prop “John Wilkes Booth’s diary” (a movie version of an actual historical object) are part of a special display at the Library through Sept. 27. The display features not only the props, but also images from scenes shot at the Library, along with a looping video of two bonus features from the movie’s DVD: a behind-the-scenes look at the Library itself, along with the making of the “Book of Secrets” prop.
Just don’t ask us what’s on page 47!
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