[.ca] Holy Blood, Holy Grail (ISBN 0385338597)

From Amazon.com:
Michael Baigent, Henry Lincoln, and Richard Leigh, authors of The Messianic Legacy, spent over 10 years on their own kind of quest for the Holy Grail, into the secretive history of early France. What they found, researched with the tenacity and attention to detail that befits any great quest, is a tangled and intricate story of politics and faith that reads like a mystery novel. It is the story of the Knights Templar, and a behind-the-scenes society called the Prieure de Sion, and its involvement in reinstating descendants of the Merovingian bloodline into political power. Why? The authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail assert that their explorations into early history ultimately reveal that Jesus may not have died on the cross, but lived to marry and father children whose bloodline continues today. The authors' point here is not to compromise or to demean Jesus, but to offer another, more complete perspective of Jesus as God's incarnation in man. The power of this secret, which has been carefully guarded for hundreds of years, has sparked much controversy. For all the sensationalism and hoopla surrounding Holy Blood, Holy Grail and the alternate history that it outlines, the authors are careful to keep their perspective and sense of skepticism alive in its pages, explaining carefully and clearly how they came to draw such combustible conclusions. --Jodie Buller

Fascinating:
Some people may say this is just a blind conspiracy theory and perhaps even be offended by it. The authors even admit where they are speculating and call it their hypothesis. Unlike the normal Christian histories imposed upon us as absolute truth, these authors open the door for our thoughts and interpretations. As for the medieval historian, I wish that person would have at least told us a bit about "what a Merovingian is". The historian gives us nothing of what the correct version might be anymore than why the book is wrong. I absolutely love history and if these authors are wrong, I would love at least a new direction to get facts that are perhaps more accurate. I did look up other alternative sources on the Merovingians and find nothing to prove or disprove what the book says. I am not sure if I believe this book total truth or not, but the Vatican itself has distorted and or denied access to information as well as the Holy Bible itself has never proved or disproved either, yet these versions are widely believed with so little evidence. This book is an awsome alternative to the mainstream history usually given. It requires an open mind and perhaps a bit of research by yourself. Think for yourselves and enjoy the book!

Fiction:
I read this book when it came out the first time years ago. I never read a book as bad as this book. The whole book is fiction a bunch of what ifs. There is no facts or evidence to support these findings. Christians do not read this garbage! This is new age at its worse. There has never been any true historical books written about the missing years of Jesus in any of the gospels missing or otherwise.

Thrilling:
This book was extremely compelling and fascinated me from page 1. If you are into the lord our God Jesus Christ or the origin of the world's biggest and best religion, then get this book and curl up with it next to a big pot of coffee because you won't want to stop reading.

Interesting to non bible thumpers:
I guess if you believe everything written in the bible you shouldn't read this. However I don't believe everything in the bible so this book was interesting to me.

Don't know nothin' 'bout history ...:
If you like this book, might I suggest the Protocals of Zion?