Holy Blood, Holy Grail

De: Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln

Narrado por: Simon Prebble

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Is the classic, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete? The authors of The Messianic Legacy present a provocative and meticulously researched look at Christ and the history of Christianity.

“Enough to seriously challenge many traditional beliefs, if not alter them.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review

Explosive, thought-provoking, fiercely compelling, Holy Blood, Holy Grail breaks bold new ground with its shocking conclusions about the lineage of Christ and the legacy of the Holy Grail. Based on decades of research, filled with eye-opening evidence and stunning scholarship, this authoritative work uncovers an alternate history as unsettling as it is believable. Holy Blood, Holy Grail dares to ask:

• Is it possible Christ did not die on the cross?
• Is it possible Jesus was married, a father, and that his bloodline still exists?
• Is it possible that parchments found in the South of France a century ago reveal one of the best-kept secrets of Christendom?
• Is it possible that these parchments contain the very heart of the mystery of the Holy Grail?

According to Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln, not only are these things possible, they are probably true! So revolutionary, so original, so convincing, the most faithful Christians will be moved; here is the book that has sparked worldwide controversy.©1982, 1983 Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln; (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

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“Enough to seriously challenge many traditional Christian beliefs, if not alter them.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review

“Like Chariots of the Gods?. . . . The plot has all the elements of an international thriller.”—Newsweek

“Compelling.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

“An astonishing hypothesis.”—Publishers Weekly

“A highly provocative work of investigative journalism.”—Booklist

Interesting

Do I believe it all — no. But it is quite interesting and raises a lot of questions.

a life changing work

For any student of the western esoteric tradition this is a transformative and near initiatory work. The performance of the book is also top notch. can't recommend enough.

He who knows one book...

knows but little....

This was insightful and connected the dots to other things I have read in regards to other historical events long past gone....

the history

mostly the way things were explained understanding some motives that I didn't know or should I say didn't know and understand

Great Book! Great abridgment and narration.

This book is chiefly about research into documents deposited in the National Library of Paris from the 1950's-1970's detailing the existence of a Secret Society known as the Priory of Sion which has orchestrated major events in world history, preserved mystical secrets of immense power, and counted among its Grand Masters some of the most important figures in Western culture.

The research extends to the grand claim that Priory serves also as guardian over the bloodline of Jesus Christ who may not have died on the cross but rather survived to bear children with the Magdalene.

The authors piece together the information in the documents using erudite scholarship combined with brazen sprees of speculation. And the existence of Priory itself has by now been written off as an elaborately orchestrated hoax.

Yet there still exist historical mysteries that made the hoax possible in the first place. These indicate not only secret machinations behind some of the most significant events in world history, but unknown sources of immense wealth and power accessible to the story's key players that cannot be ignored regardless of the Priory's existence or non-existence.

This book also formed the historical or mythological framework behind the plot of The Da Vinci Code.