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The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail

Written by: Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
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A nineteenth century French priest discovers something in his mountain village at the foot of The Pyrenees which enables him to amass and spend a fortune of millions of pounds. The tale seems to begin with buried treasure and then turns into an unprecedented historical detective story - a modern Grail quest leading back through cryptically coded parchments, secret societies, the Knights Templar, the Cathar heretics of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and a dynasty of obscure French kings deposed more than 1,300 years ago. The author's conclusions are persuasive: at the core is not material riches but a secret - a secret of explosive and controversial proportions, which radiates out from the little Pyrenees village all the way to contemporary politics and the entire edifice of the Christian faith. It involves nothing less than... the Holy Grail.

©1983 Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln (P)2006 Penguin Audio Bibles Bibles & Bible Study Christianity Occult Unexplained Mysteries World

Critic Reviews

"Enough to seriously challenge many traditional Christian beliefs, if not alter them." (Los Angeles Times Book Review)

"Like Chariots of the Gods?...the plot has all the elements of an international thriller." (Newsweek)
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This is an interesting book to read however you have to pay close attention to what is being said. If you don't you'll quickly lose track of what is being said and its context because the authors seem to bounce around a lot between different time periods and pieces of information.

If you are interested in the mystery of the Rene le Chateau and other Christian legends, this is a good place to start.

Makes for some good reading

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