The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail Illustrated Edition - Couverture souple

Baigent, Michael; Leigh, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1844138402 ISBN 13 : 9781844138401

Editeur : Century, 2005

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The newly revised, illustrated edition of this international bestseller, “ . . . a book that will be hotly denounced and widely read.”
— Financial Times

A nineteenth century French priest discovers something in his mountain village at the foot of the Pyrenees that enabled him to amass and spend a fortune of millions of pounds. Beginning with buried treasure, the tale then turns into an unprecedented historical detective story — a modern Grail quest that stretches back through cryptically coded parchments, secret societies, the Knights Templar, the Cathar heretics of the twelfth century, and a dynasty of obscure French kings deposed more than 1,300 years ago.

The authors’ conclusions are persuasive: at the core is not material wealth, but a secret — a secret of explosive and controversial proportions, which radiates out from the little Pyrenees village to encompass the whole of Western civilization. Its repercussions reach all the way to contemporary politics, and the entire edifice of the Christian faith. It involves nothing less than the Holy Grail.

Revue de presse :

“Their quest for knowledge possesses all the ingredients of a classic 19th Century mystery novel.”
—Financial Times

“A book that cannot easily be dismissed.”
—The Bible Society

“Probably one of the most controversial books of the 20th Century.”
—U.P.I.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Century
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1844138402
• ISBN 13: 9781844138401
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 464