Holy Blood, Holy Grail

By: Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

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.

©1982, 1983 Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Has all the elements of an international thriller." (Newsweek)
"Enough to seriously challenge many traditional Christian beliefs, if not alter them." (Los Angeles Times Book Review)

Entertaining but don't take it too seriously

Even the authors admit this is simply a story about a process of discovery. The discovery itself is still questionable but how they came to their conclusions was a interesting journey. If you care more about the destination rather than the journey to get there, this book is not for you.

a good read but keep an open mind

seems well researched . has what looks to me like lots of historical references names dates and places and even reasonable answers to why the authors slash researchers came to their conclusion for certain motives and why things are covered up or brought to light.

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....

Great exploration of alternative Christian history

Great exploration of alternative Christian history covering early Christian views on Jesus, who he was and his bloodline.

I can register to this several times over

The gold standard in the historical evidence of the basis of Jesus and Mary Magdalene's marriage and flight from Isreal. Builds the case for the blood-line of Jesus that became part of the great monarchy's of Europe.

Great book

This book sat in my wishlist for a long time. I wish I would have listened earlier. It helped demistify and explain alot of things for me like the Templars, the grail, Jesus as King through the house of Benjamin, Godfrey Dubolian, the crusades, the priory of scion, the crucifixion, Elite Jesus Blood Line.

Not a good book if you have preconceived assumptions about the Jewish or Christian religions and History, and refuse to look at your long held beliefs with an open unbiased mind.

Great listen, but not "true" history.

First I want to say this book is a great read (or listen). I give it 5 stars because it REALLY is enjoyable. The thing is, a lot of the stuff in here time has shown not to be true. I think it's very important going into this book knowing that them Priory has been proven to be a hoax, and on top of the the person(s) that purported that never meant to imply that he (they) were decedents of Jesus.

There are a lot of real facts and history in this book, but it ends up incredibly mixed with personal opinion and flawed leaps of logic. Even with all of that in mind, I still can't bring myself to call this book "fiction", I believe the authors wrote in sincerely and at the time of writing believed what they wrote. I think the best way to deal with this book is read it, enjoy it, and take the points that interest you and read other books about the subjects, perhaps ones that are more historically accurate.

Garbage History, but Entertaining Read

Make no bones about it, this book is absolutely trash. It was iffy history when it came out thirty years ago and it's even wonkier now, with respected historians covering many of the topics inside with a greater availability of information.

That doesn't change the fact, however, that this book is entertaining as all hell, and the fact that the authors are essentially falling for someone else's hoax in pursuit of making their own is golden. An absolute favorite and guilty pleasure.