Holy Blood, Holy Grail (Abridged) Audiobook

" Very interesting and thought provoking. Not irrefutable proof but a plausible theory non the less. Would definitely recommend. "

" What fun! If it's not true, it should be!! "

" A lot of nonsense, but one or two useful bits and charts. "

" not what i wanted it to be though quite intriguing nonetheless "

" Only managed to read about 1/2 so far but its a good book, very well researched and documented for such a curious topic. "

" the original "da vinci code"-- but better "

" When I first read this book, I loved the idea in the first part, of the bloodline of Jesus being the holy grail. And I loved even more the parts in the second book where Mary Magdalene is exonerated of being a whore and becomes Jesus's wife. We also see Jesus as an extremist who makes himself to fit the prophesies, rather than the divine son of God. But then I found out that a few years after I read it that the whole first part of the book, the part that talks about the bloodline of Jesus and who is part of it today was based upon a hoax by the man who would be at the top of the bloodline list- Pierre Plantard. I thought I had read that the authors knew about the hoax when they wrote or published the book, but I can't find that now- everything says that they were unaware. My question now, is if everything in the first part of the book is questionable and likely false- what about the second part of the book? That is all supposed to be based on actual historical documents- the bible as one, but also the Gnostic gospels and other texts. How do we take this book now that it is so questionable? Does it have worth in ones search for truth? I don't know. "

" Really makes you think. If you take the Bible as literal, despite knowing the Torah, Talmud, and new testament have no vowels or word breaks, and if you read Revelations as literal despite knowing it was written by a Kabbalic scholar, don't bother reading this book. This book is for those willing to analyze history. "

" Interesting work. Entertaining and thought-provoking, but takes more than a few leaps. "

" An extremely interesting book that Dan Brown's books were based on. However the author writes as a academic and it is a very slow read. "

" Poor research and poor writing, along with a transparent agenda to prove the patently untrue make for a quite painful read. "

" I made it about half-way through this book and finally gave up. It was dry and uninteresting---a total struggle to read as much as I did. "

" Very informative, many new revelations i was unaware of. But i don't think the discovery would be so major in todays world, for me anyway. "

" Hard to believe what is true. This book's words can make you angry or stunned. You can see how they sued Dan Brown for using their book as a basis for Da Vinci Code. "

" This is essentially a thesis written by three (?) people, I dont't care what the courts ruled, Dan Brown ripped them off. "

" I read this right after the Da Vinci code came out, because I was completely obsessed with the idea of Christ being a "real man." The book is interesting, and the premise is still intriguing, but the problem is that so much of it is speculation that it really just leaves you with more questions. "

" What the Da Vinci code was based on. "

" i thought this "controversial" book was really really good; just because i enjoyed digging into the past and exploring the theories about JC and all that. however, it was a slow read for me; it took me about a month to finish it (only one other book has taken me that long to complete.) "

" Interesting for what it is, but not by any means a conclusive or throughly researched work regarding the life and times of christ, his followers, and the development of the Christian Church "

" Very interesting read. It is interesting to read something different from the centuries old tale that had been perpetuated. Real page turner. "

" It's bad enough that this book is full of bad research and unsubstantiated claims. What's worse is it spawned one of the worst debacles in modern fiction ever, the book I'm not even going to mention. "

" Most people now write this book off as nonsense, but then it has inspired many other authors to explore the same ideas "

" I really don't know how much more of this book I can read. I have to write a paper on sections from it for a class on medieval pseudohistory but it is simply painful to read. So many assumptions and false evidence, it is ridiculous. "

" Don't care what anyone else thinks - but I enjoyed this one immensely! "

" You have to be open-minded to read this book. "

" A book every religious Christian should be afraid of reading. "

" Ha ha, holy shit. This book is fucking crazy. That said, it's actually really engaging if you treat it like a batshit mystery novel written by a team of conspiracy theorists. "

" Reading this book is like slogging uphill through a mudslide - after a while you lose track of where you are, and it doesn't seem worth the effort to keep going. "

" A very cool idea, borrowed by Dan Brown for The DaVinci Code. "

" A lot of wild hypotheses built on a few facts and a lot of guesswork. "

" The Da Vinci Code was based on this. Pretty interesting read. "

" Difficult read. Very much. Ive seen grown-up, good readers, stop reading. Itsa very hard, and you have to be koncentrated all the time. But the theme and the knowledge you gain is so exciting. You want to know it all, but unfortunale the log words and your headache, stops it. "

" I thought this would be interesting after reading Da Vinci Code. Unfortunately, it was pretty dry and boring. Listened to it as an audiobook but didn't finish it. "

" I really don't know how much more of this book I can read. I have to write a paper on sections from it for a class on medieval pseudohistory but it is simply painful to read. So many assumptions and false evidence, it is ridiculous. "

" This book was Dan Brown's inspiration for his book "The Davinci Code" but of course those books were fiction, this one is not. OR is it? This story is the ultimate conspiracy theory but it's simply not believable. "