I love historical fiction, but the underlying story in this one was so unbelievably terrible, it made my teeth break.
Teeny, I would suggest Umberto Eco's 'Foucault's Pendulum.' Excellent read, on basically the same premise as 'The DaVinci Code,' but so much more plausible and better written (and I did enjoy the DaVinci Code, but had a hard time starting it and accepting the premise that a dying man had enough time and wits to plant the myriad of clues...but I did enjoy it. Weak ending though.)