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Book cover image of Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent

Authors: Michael Baigent, Henry Lincoln, Richard Leigh
ISBN-13: 9780385338455, ISBN-10: 0385338457
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Date Published: January 2004
Edition: DELTA TRAD

Author Biography: Michael Baigent

Michael Baigent was born in New Zealand in 1948 and obtained a degree in psychology from Canterbury University. At one point he gave up a successful career in photojournalism to devote his time to researching the Templars for a film project. Since 1976 he has lived in England.

Richard Leigh is a novelist and short-story writer with postgraduate degrees in comparative literature and a thorough knowledge of history, philosophy, psychology, and esoterica. He has been working for some years as a university lecturer in the United States, Canada, and Britain.

Henry Lincoln is an author and filmmaker and has written for television.

Book Synopsis

Is the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete?

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 the authors of this extraordinarily provocative, meticulously researched book, not only are these things possible they are probably true! so revolutionary, so original, so convincing, that the most faithful Christians will be moved; here is the book that has sparked worldwide controversey.

	Introduction	23
Part 1	The Mystery
1	Village of Mystery	31
	Rennes-le-Chateau and Berenger Sauniere	31
	The Possible Treasures	39
	The Intrigue	43
2	The Cathars and the Great Heresy	48
	The Albigensian Crusade	49
	The Siege of Montsegur	55
	The Cathar Treasure	57
	The Mystery of the Cathars	61
3	The Warrior-Monks	64
	Knights Templar--The Orthodox Account	65
	Knights Templar--The Mysteries	78
	Knights Templar--The Hidden Side	86
4	Secret Documents	96
Part 2	The Secret Society
5	The Order Behind the Scenes	111
	The Mystery Surrounding the Foundation of the Knights Templar	115
	Louis VII and the Prieure de Sion	118
	The "Cutting of the Elm" at Gisors	119
	Ormus	121
	The Prieure at Orleans	125
	The "Head" of the Templars	126
	The Grand Masters of the Templars	127
6	The Grand Masters and the Underground Stream	131
	Rene d'Anjou	136
	Rene and the Theme of Arcadia	138
	The Rosicrucian Manifestos	141
	The Stuart Dynasty	145
	Charles Nodier and His Circle	150
	Debussy and the Rose-Croix	127
	Jean Cocteau	157
	The Two John XXIIIs	159
7	Conspiracy Through the Centuries	162
	The Prieure de Sion in France	164
	The Dukes of Guise and Lorraine	166
	The Bid for the Throne of France	171
	The Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement	173
	Chateau Barberie	177
	Nicolas Fouquet	178
	Nicolas Poussin	180
	Rosslyn Chapel and Shugborough Hall	183
	The Pope's Secret Letter	184
	The Rock of Sion	185
	The Catholic Modernist Movement	187
	The Protocols of Sion	190
	The Hieron du Val d'Or	195
8	The Secret Society Today	201
	Alain Poher	204
	The Lost King	205
	Curious Pamphlets in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris	207
	The Catholic Traditionalists	210
	The Convent of 1981 and Cocteau's Statutes	214
	M. Plantard de Saint-Clair	220
	The Politics of the Prieure de Sion	227
9	The Long-haired Monarchs	234
	Legend and the Merovingians	234
	The Bear from Arcadia	237
	The Sicambrians Enter Gaul	239
	Merovee and His Descendants	239
	Blood Royal	241
	Clovis and His Pact with the Church	242
	Dagobert II	245
	The Usurpation by the Carolingians	253
	The Exclusion of Dagobert II from History	257
	Prince Guillem de Gellone, Comte de Razes	259
	Prince Ursus	261
	The Grail Family	265
	The Elusive Mystery	269
10	The Exiled Tribe	271
Part 3	The Bloodline
11	The Holy Grail	283
	The Legend of the Holy Grail	285
	The Story of Wolfram von Eschenbach	292
	The Grail and Cabalism	303
	The Play on Words	305
	The Lost Kings and the Grail	306
	The Need to Synthesize	309
	The Hypothesis	313
12	The Priest-King Who Never Ruled	316
	Palestine at the Time of Jesus	322
	The History of the Gospels	327
	The Marital Status of Jesus	330
	The Wife of Jesus	333
	The Beloved Disciple	338
	The Dynasty of Jesus	344
	The Crucifixion	347
	Who Was Barabbas?	350
	The Crucifixion in Detail	352
	The Scenario	357
13	The Secret the Church Forbade	360
	The Zealots	369
	The Gnostic Writings	378
14	The Grail Dynasty	383
	Judaism and the Merovingians	387
	The Principality in Septimania	389
	The Seed of David	395
15	Conclusion and Portents for the Future	398
Appendix	The Alleged Grand Masters of the Prieure de Sion	415
	Bibliography	439
	Notes and References	449
	Index	477