
February 28th, 2005, 08:45 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Liverpool, UK
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Quote: | Originally Posted by 1337_d00d The Da Vinci Code book is actually just a rehash of two existing (and unpopular) theories... he just mashed them together along with a sensationalist plotline and didn't give credit to the original theorists. |
Indeed. He got most of his ideas from 'The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail', which was written by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln. He makes a good story out of it, but the way people are reacting to it as if he came up with all of this himself is a bit over the top.
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