The Da Vinci Code and Holy Blood, Holy Grail

I first read Holy Blood, Holy Grail some years back and decided with the book being in the news again http://www.theage.com.au/news/general/the-da-vinci-pitch/2006/05/04/1146335867153.html that I would give it a reread. It is a very interesting idea and I find it hard to feel that there is some truth in it. Here is a review from Amazon.com - "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 " Of course, this was one of the books that Dan Brown used as research for The Da Vinci Code I really liked The Da Vinci Code and am eagerly awaiting the release of the movie. It isn't often that I want to see a movie opening weekend, but, this one I will.