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Holy Blood, Holy Grail
Holy Blood Holy Grail
Author: Richard Leigh, Michael Baigent, Henry Lincoln
Is the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete? — • Is it possible Christ did not die on the cross? — • Is it possible Jesus was married, a father, and that his bloodline still exists? — • Is it possible that parchments found in the South of France a century ago reveal one of the best-kept secre...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385338592
ISBN-10: 0385338597
Publication Date: 3/8/2004
Pages: 496
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Publisher: Delacorte Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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The authors of this book never claim that everything they write is incontrovertible truth. They freely admit that a lot of what they wrote is theory and supposition. That said they base these theories and supposition on fact. Some of what they theorized has since been proven wrong but it was always theory to begin with. Its an interesting read but if your not well versed in European history it can be slow going. I'm sure others were like me and got a one day lesson on the Dark Ages that amounted to something like "a lot of people died." If so do yourself a favor and bone up a little on the time period. Also a lot of people get hung up on the Jesus and Mary Magdalen portion of this book. It's (despite the title) not even the largest portion of the book. Its not really even mentioned until about three quarters of the way through the book. Its about so much more than that. The authors didn't write the book with the express idea that this is what they were trying to prove. On the contrary they came to that theory while researching a quaint little French mystery. It gets a 4 out 5.

P.S. This book was written twenty years before The DaVinci Code. In fact DaVinci isn't even a major player in this book. He's given about four paragraphs. The artist featured in this book is Nicolas Poussin and they focus mainly on his painting The Shepards of Arcadia. If you want the information from Holy Blood Holy Grail you're gonna have to read Holy Blood Holy Grail.
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Interesting read.


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