Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: International Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Society & Culture, Adult
ISBN: 9780099503095
Published: June 1996
Imprint: Arrow
Page Extent: 576
Format: A-format paperback
RRP 345.00

Holy Blood And The Holy Grail

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An international bestseller - the secret history and shocking legacy of the Holy Grail

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,...

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Henry Lincoln

Henry Lincoln

Henry Lincoln is an author and filmmaker and has written for television.

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Michael Baigent

Michael Baigent

Michael Baigent was born in New Zealand in 1948 and obtained a degree in psychology from Canterbury University. At one point he gave up a successful career in photojournalism to devote his time to researching the Templars for a film project. He lives in England and is the author of numerous books on ancient Christianity and conspiracy.

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Richard Leigh

Richard Leigh

Richard Leigh is a novelist and short-story writer with postgraduate degrees in comparative literature and a thorough knowledge of history, philosophy, psychology, and esoterica. He has worked as a university lecturer in the United States, Canada, and Britain.

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