Not Original Works

Rating: Null/10 (12 June 2006)

The book, and movie, have used almost a complete reference from this book:
Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440136482 Which was originally published in 1978, and reissued in 1983.
After reading The DaVinci Code, I realized how much the plot line was based upon the research Holy Blood, Holy Grail.
Dan Brown did an amazing job of taking the decades of research in Holy Blood, Holy Grail, and turning it into a 2 day romp around France and England to complete his story.
Dan Brown has written a great thriller with his two main characters Robert Langdon, and Sophie Neveau. However the conspiracy was not originally Dan Brown's idea.
Christians can no more point a finger at "his" outrageous idea, than a historian can praise him for showing the facts. Dan Brown's story could have easily been "National Treasure".