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interpretation of historical fact or a leap of faith between previously unconnected ideas. That is not to say that the ideas put forward are not well presented, I for one find much here that I like, much that I want to believe, but unfortunately for all the detailed research it remains just another theory that is easy to undermine simply by saying "where is the real proof?"

That said the book is still well worth reading, its ideas were though not totally original, even then, but were new to the popular end of the readership and have spawned an interest in trying to find the historical realities in the previously mystical New Testament. This obviously will not find much appreciation amongst the flock of believers but then I hope that it never was the authors intention to try to undermine anyone's faith, here we are dealing with a separate historical view of events and in this more enlightened age the two do not have to be mutually exclusive. For those amongst us that like books that leave you asking more questions than it provided answers for, then this will not disappoint as it throws up new ideas on every page. It may not give you solid answers but it will give you a lot to think about.

In light of the recent plagiarism case being brought by the authors against Dan Brown, I will leave you with the following quotation from Anthony Burgess writing in the Observer about the newly published "Holy Blood and the Holy Grail," maybe he has it right all along.

"It is typical of my unregenerable soul that I can only see this as a marvellous theme for a novel."

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