2.5 stars. it was a long 300 pages of foundation building to get to what i thought was the most interesting stuff. i liked the authors' explanation in the introduction the admittedly gives them a bit of leeway in their position, about how of course any time you're talking about something that happ...
I originally approached the book with the idea that even if the "history" was wonky, it will be entertaining to read. I was sorely disappointed. It was uphill all the way, especially in the middle, when you get bogged down in all those dynasties.However, I'm giving it two stars for the chapters to...
Oh, you know why.
Interesting Read!
Interesting read!
I read this years ago when I was deep in a Knights Templar mindset, and found the theories wonderful and invigorating. I realize they are proceeding on theory here, but the analysis and possibility was extremely interesting.and the second I read Dan Browns Da Vinci Code I knew where he had gotten h...
Bwahahahaha!
Probably the oldest surviving piece of hot gossip still in circulation: Jesus had an affair with Mary Magdalene, which resulted in a child. Members of the post-Dan-Brown generation may have trouble believing this, but I hadn't heard a single rumour before I read this book. Really!
An interesting fairy-tale: probably better fiction that Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code
I must have picked this book up around the time it came out, which would have made me a sophomore in high school.When I became a "real" historian, I came to realize just how much of it was hyperbolic tripe but even as a youth, I understood that 90% was speculation (to put it kindly).The two things i...
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