Holy Place: Decoding the Mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau - Softcover

Henry Lincoln

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844370623 ISBN 13: 9781844370627

Publisher: The Armchair Traveller at the bookHaus, 2005

Synopsis

The great enigma that surrounds this small village in the foothills of the Pyrenees, formed the starting point for the sensational bestseller, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail. It investigated the curious case of the village priest, Berenger Sauniere, who in the late nineteen century, discovered a series of parchments in the church which led him not only to a possible buried treasure but also back to the cryptic legends that Jesus' bloodline still exists. Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code has reignited curiosity about this ancient settlement and in The Holy Place Henry Lincoln sets out to decode why Rennes-le-Ch teau has been the source of so much mystery and drama. It is nothing less than the eighth wonder of the ancient world, a natural and perfect pentacle of mountain peaks surrounded by a titanic man-made temple. Previously invisible to all but the initiated few, this magnificent monument is now disclosed. The clues were well-hidden over the centuries - in parchments, tombstones, riddles and works of art. What is now shown is an immense geometrical temple, stretching for miles across the landscape, a constellation of pentacles, circles and hexagons: a Holy Place of enormous size and significance.

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Synopsis

The great enigma that surrounds this small village in the foothills of the Pyrenees, formed the starting point for the sensational bestseller, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail. It investigated the curious case of the village priest, Berenger Sauniere, who in the late nineteen century, discovered a series of parchments in the church which led him not only to a possible buried treasure but also back to the cryptic legends that Jesus' bloodline still exists. Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code has reignited curiosity about this ancient settlement and in The Holy Place Henry Lincoln lays out his decoding of why Rennes-le-Chateau has been the source of so much mystery and drama. It is nothing less than the eighth wonder of the ancient world, a natural and perfect pentacle of mountain peaks surrounded by a titanic man-made temple. Previously invisible to all but the initiated few, this magnificent monument is now disclosed. The clues were well-hidden over the centuries - in parchments, tombstones, riddles and churches. What is now shown is an immense geometrical temple, stretching for miles across the landscape, a constellation of pentacles, circles and hexagons: a Holy Place of enormous size and significance.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Armchair Traveller at the bookHaus
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844370623
• ISBN 13: 9781844370627
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384