"Name the book written in 1982 by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln that according to its authors in a court case inspired Dan Brown to write ""The Da Vinci Code""?"
"name associated with the area of Gisors associated with his hoax - according to the mythology of the Priory of Sion ""Jean VI des Plantard"" married a member of the House of Gisors during the 12th century. Plantard also appropriated the false titles of ""Comte de Saint-Clair"" and ""Comte de Rhédæ"" to himself. In 1982, authors Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln published ""Holy Blood Holy Grail"". It became a bestseller and publicized Plantard's Priory of Sion story, treating seriously the content of the Priory of Sion documents of the 1960s and 1970s. The book added a new element"
"Mary Magdalene and that Pierre Plantard was a modern-day descendant; Bérenger Saunière allegedly discovered that secret and amasses his wealth by blackmailing of the Holy See. The blood-line hypotheses of Lincoln, Baigent and Leigh were later picked up in 2003 by Dan Brown's bestselling novel ""The Da Vinci Code"". Brown's novel never specifically mentioned Rennes-le-Château, but some key characters in the book had related names, such as Saunière, named after the priest, and ""Leigh Teabing"", whose name was derived from Richard Leigh and Michael Baigent. The two authors brought (and lost) a plagiarism suit against Brown in 2006. The extraordinary"
"The Da Vinci Code The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown. It follows ""symbologist"" Robert Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu after a murder in the Louvre Museum in Paris causes them to become involved in a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus Christ having been a companion to Mary Magdalene. The title of the novel refers to the finding of the first murder victim in the Grand Gallery of the Louvre, naked and posed similar to Leonardo da Vinci's famous drawing, the ""Vitruvian Man,"" with a"
"released in 2016. Ron Howard returned to direct both sequels. The Da Vinci Code The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown. It follows ""symbologist"" Robert Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu after a murder in the Louvre Museum in Paris causes them to become involved in a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus Christ having been a companion to Mary Magdalene. The title of the novel refers to the finding of the first murder victim in the Grand Gallery of the Louvre, naked and posed similar to"
"Collins long before. On 7 April 2006, High Court judge Peter Smith rejected the copyright-infringement claim by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, and Dan Brown won the court case. On 28 March 2007, Baigent and Leigh lost their appeal against this decision and were faced with legal bills of about 3 million pounds. Baigent's interpretations of history sometimes attracted hostile criticisms from scholars and historians. For example, Bernard Hamilton, writing in the ""English Historical Review"" (Vol. 116, No. 466 (Apr., 2001), pp. 474–475) described Baigent's treatment of The Inquisition in his 1999 book of the same name (with Richard Leigh)"
"Dan Brown Daniel Gerhard Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author of thriller novels, most notably the Robert Langdon stories, ""Angels & Demons"" (2000), ""The Da Vinci Code"" (2003), ""The Lost Symbol"" (2009), ""Inferno"" (2013) and ""Origin"" (2017). His novels are treasure hunts set in a 24-hour period, and feature the recurring themes of cryptography, keys, symbols, codes, art, and conspiracy theories. His books have been translated into 56 languages, and as of 2012, sold over 200 million copies. Three of them, ""Angels & Demons"" (2000), ""The Da Vinci Code"" (2003) and ""Inferno"" (2013) have been adapted into"
"cited to show that the enigma predates Abbé Saunière). The village received up to around 100,000 tourists each year at the height of popularity of Dan Brown's bestselling novel ""The Da Vinci Code"". The modern reputation of Rennes-le-Château rises mainly from claims and stories dating from the mid-1950s concerning the local 19th-century priest Father Bérenger Saunière. These stories influenced the authors of the worldwide bestseller ""The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail"" in 1982, and that work in turn influenced Dan Brown when he wrote ""The Da Vinci Code"", published in 2003. The first known popular article about Father Bérenger"
"can only see this as a marvellous theme for a novel."" Indeed, the theme was later used by Margaret Starbird in her 1993 book ""The Woman with the Alabaster Jar"", and by Dan Brown in his 2003 novel ""The Da Vinci Code"". One of the books that the authors claim influenced the project was ""L'Or de Rennes"" (later re-published as ""Le Trésor Maudit""), a 1967 book by Gérard de Sède, with the collaboration of Pierre Plantard. After reading it, Henry Lincoln persuaded BBC Two's factual television series of the 1970s, ""Chronicle"", to make a series of documentaries, which became quite"
"you need to check your meds."" While interviewing Umberto Eco in a 2008 issue of ""The Paris Review"", Lila Azam Zanganeh characterized ""The Da Vinci Code"" as ""a bizarre little offshoot"" of Eco's novel, ""Foucault’s Pendulum"". In response, Eco remarked, ""Dan Brown is a character from ""Foucault's Pendulum""! I invented him. He shares my characters' fascinations—the world conspiracy of Rosicrucians, Masons, and Jesuits. The role of the Knights Templar. The hermetic secret. The principle that everything is connected. I suspect Dan Brown might not even exist."" The book appeared on a 2010 list of 101 best books ever written, which"
"Catholic groups sought to use interest in this book and film as a means to educate Catholics and non-Catholics on the history of the Christian Church, and what it teaches regarding Jesus Christ. Similarly, other Christians have looked to use the film as a tool for evangelism. Criticism of The Da Vinci Code ""The Da Vinci Code"", a popular suspense novel by Dan Brown, generated criticism and controversy after its publication in 2003. Many of the complaints centered on the book's speculations and misrepresentations of core aspects of Christianity and the history of the Catholic Church. Additional criticisms were directed"
"""Smithy Code Jackie Fisher who are you Dreadnought"", referring to the British admiral whom Judge Smith admires. As with the book, this secret message made use of Fibonacci numbers for its encoding. Dan Brown has been sued twice in The United States by author Jack Dunn who claims Dan Brown copied his book The Vatican Boys (1997) to create The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons and Brown's now famous character Robert Langdon. Jack Dunn calls Dan Brown's actions, ""The Largest Literary and Movie Crime in History."" At a conference on April 28, 2006 Archbishop Angelo Amato, the secretary of"
"claims it as the major contributor to his hypothesis. Perhaps as a result of this mention, the authors (minus Henry Lincoln) of ""Holy Blood"" sued Dan Brown for copyright infringement. They claimed that the central framework of their plot had been stolen for the writing of ""The Da Vinci Code."" The claim was overturned by High Court Judge Peter Smith on April 6, 2006, who ruled that ""their argument was vague and shifted course during the trial and was always based on a weak foundation."" It was found that the publicity of the trial had significantly boosted sales of ""Holy"
"just to remind myself that life is too short to read books like ""The Da Vinci Code""."" Author Lewis Perdue alleged that Brown plagiarized from two of his novels, ""The Da Vinci Legacy"", originally published in 1983, and ""Daughter of God"", originally published in 2000. He sought to block distribution of the book and film. However, Judge George Daniels of the US District Court in New York ruled against Perdue in 2005, saying that ""A reasonable average lay observer would not conclude that ""The Da Vinci Code"" is substantially similar to ""Daughter of God"""" and that ""Any slightly similar elements"
"The Man behind the Da Vinci Code"", Lincoln stated that he did not wish to take part in the proceedings because the ideas brought forth in ""Holy Blood"" were not even original themselves, and Brown's actions could only be described as, ""a bit naughty"". An earlier novel had already used the theme of a Jesus bloodline: ""The Dreamer of the Vine"", by Liz Greene, published in 1980. In 1993, Lincoln wrote and presented the four-episode TV-series ""The Secret"" which was produced and directed by Erling Haagensen. The series presented elements of Lincoln's lifelong research on Rennes-le-Château, such as an alleged"
"films. Brown's novels that feature the lead character, Langdon, also include historical themes and Christianity as motifs, and have generated controversy. Brown states on his website that his books are not anti-Christian, though he is on a 'constant spiritual journey' himself, and says that his book ""The Da Vinci Code"" is simply ""an entertaining story that promotes spiritual discussion and debate"" and suggests that the book may be used ""as a positive catalyst for introspection and exploration of our faith"". Dan Gerhard Brown was born on June 22, 1964, in Exeter, New Hampshire. He has a younger sister, Valerie (born"
"to destroy the dynasty, they were protected by the Priory of Sion and their associates, including the Templars, Cathars, and other secret societies. The book, its arguments, and its evidence have been widely criticized by scholars, but it has had a vast influence on conspiracy and alternate history books. It has also inspired fiction, most notably Dan Brown's 2003 novel ""The Da Vinci Code"" and its 2006 film adaptation. The combination of hushed reverence, chromatic harmonies and sexualized imagery in Richard Wagner's final music drama ""Parsifal"", premiered in 1882, developed this theme, associating the grail – now periodically producing blood"
"who became liable for paying legal expenses of nearly US$6 million. Brown has been sued twice in U.S. Federal courts by the author Jack Dunn who claims Brown copied a huge part of his book ""The Vatican Boys"" to write ""The Da Vinci Code"" (2006–07) and ""Angels & Demons"" (2011-12). Both lawsuits were not allowed to go to a jury trial. In 2017, in London, another claim was begun against Brown by Jack Dunn who claimed that Justice was not served in the U.S. lawsuits. In October 2004, Brown and his siblings donated US$2.2 million to Phillips Exeter Academy in"
"in ""The Da Vinci Code"". On April 11, 2005, novelist Lewis Perdue sued Brown and his publisher Random House for plagiarizing his novels ""The Da Vinci Legacy"" (1983) and ""Daughter of God"" (1999), claiming ""there are far too many parallels between my books and ""The Da Vinci Code"" for it to be an accident."" On August 4, 2005, District Judge George B. Daniels granted a motion for summary judgment and dismissed the suit, ruling that ""a reasonable average lay observer would not conclude that ""The Da Vinci Code"" is substantially similar to ""Daughter of God."" Any slightly similar elements are"
"titled ""Symbols of the Lost Sacred Feminine."" It is later revealed in ""The Lost Symbol"" that ""Symbols of the Lost Sacred Feminine"" was published and created 'quite a scandal'. The book ""Christianity and the Sacred Feminine"", mentioned in ""Origin"" had reportedly been denounced by the Vatican, ""which, in the aftermath, promptly became a bestseller,"" as quoted by the AI assistant Winston. Robert Langdon Professor Robert Langdon is a fictional character created by author Dan Brown for his ""Robert Langdon"" book series: ""Angels & Demons"" (2000), ""The Da Vinci Code"" (2003), ""The Lost Symbol"" (2009), ""Inferno"" (2013) and ""Origin"" (2017). He"
"Robert Langdon (film series) The Robert Langdon films are a series of American mystery thriller movies directed by Ron Howard. The films focus on Robert Langdon, a fictional character appearing in the Robert Langdon (book series) by author Dan Brown. The film series has a different chronological order than the novels, and consists of ""The Da Vinci Code"" (2006), ""Angels & Demons"" (2009) and ""Inferno"" (2016). The series has grossed almost $1.5 billion worldwide. Dan Brown’s novels about Professor Robert Langdon: ""Angels & Demons"" (2000), ""The Da Vinci Code"" (2003), and ""Inferno"" (2013), quickly became international bestsellers, and were soon"
"association with Rosslyn Chapel originates in the 1982 ""The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail"" and entered mainstream pop culture with Dan Brown's ""The Da Vinci Code"" (2003), reinforced by the subsequent film of the same name (2006). Numerous books were published after 2003 to cater to the popular interest in supposed connections between Rosslyn Chapel, Freemasonry, the Templars and the Holy Grail generated by Brown's novel. The tale of a missing Templar fleet is supposedly based on the protocol of the interrogation of Jean de Châlons by the Inquisition. He claimed that he had heard that preceptor of the"
"The Da Vinci Hoax The Da Vinci Hoax is a non-fiction book written by Carl E. Olsen and Sandra Miesel for the express purpose of critiquing Dan Brown's novel ""The Da Vinci Code."" The book was first published in 2004 by Ignatius Press. According to Olson and Miesel, they wrote it out of concern that Brown's novel is popularizing unfounded theories and misrepresentations of history and beliefs, which are used as the basis of the novel's plot, and defended by its author as factual, and that purport to expose Christianity as founded on lies that have been kept secret by"
"Robert Langdon Professor Robert Langdon is a fictional character created by author Dan Brown for his ""Robert Langdon"" book series: ""Angels & Demons"" (2000), ""The Da Vinci Code"" (2003), ""The Lost Symbol"" (2009), ""Inferno"" (2013) and ""Origin"" (2017). He is a Harvard University professor of history of art and ""symbology"" (a fictional field related to the study of historic symbols, which is not methodologically connected to the actual discipline of semiotics). Tom Hanks portrays Langdon in the ""Robert Langdon"" film series, starting with the 2006 film adaptation of ""The Da Vinci Code"", reprising the role in the 2009 film adaptation"
"confuse matters and give an air of authenticity to the madness of the various plotlines by including references to real people and events. This technique was used without irony decades later in Baigent and Lees' ""The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail"" and again in ""The Da Vinci Code"" by Dan Brown. A hoax circulated that Barack Obama referred to Joachim's third age three times in his campaign speeches during the 2008 presidential election. He is said to have spoken of him as a ""master of contemporary civilization"" who had sought to create a better world, but there is no"
"The Da Vinci Code (film) The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 American mystery thriller film directed by Ron Howard, written by Akiva Goldsman, and based on Dan Brown's 2003 best-selling novel of the same name. The first in the ""Robert Langdon"" film series, the film stars Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Sir Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jürgen Prochnow, Jean Reno, and Paul Bettany. In the film, Robert Langdon, a professor of religious iconography and symbology from Harvard University, is the prime suspect in the grisly and unusual murder of Louvre curator Jacques Saunière. In the body, the police find a"
"Langdon is known mostly through his association with Dan Brown, and the novels ""Angels & Demons"", ""The Da Vinci Code,"" ""The Lost Symbol, Inferno, and Origin"". The protagonist of these novels was named Robert Langdon as a tribute to John Langdon, and he will continue to be so for his next 12 books, an estimate given by Dan Brown himself. Langdon is now a professor of typography and corporate identity at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He continues to do work on ambigrams, as well and fine art works that incorporate language, type, and philosophy. Langdon credits his paternal grandparents for"
"a collection of ancient books. Brown's prose style has been criticized as clumsy, with ""The Da Vinci Code"" being described as 'committing style and word choice blunders in almost every paragraph'. Much of the criticism was centered on Brown's claim found in its preface that the novel is based on fact in relation to Opus Dei and the Priory of Sion, and that ""all descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents and secret rituals in [the] novel are accurate"". In 2006, Brown's novel ""The Da Vinci Code"" was released as a film by Columbia Pictures, with director Ron Howard. It was widely"
"the rue Cassette. The fashionable public side of Saint-Sulpice inspired Joris-Karl Huysmans perversely to set action there in his 1891 novel ""Là-Bas"", dealing with Satanism in which the ritual magician ""Eliphas Levi"" attended the seminary attached to the church. References to the church of Saint-Sulpice are found in the so-called ""Dossiers Secrets"" that were planted in the Bibliothèque Nationale in the 1960s. In Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince's ""The Templar Revelation"" (1997), Saint-Sulpice is noted. Dan Brown's 2003 novel ""The Da Vinci Code"", an international bestseller that brought crowds of tourists to Saint-Sulpice. This note has been on display in"
"is mentioned numerous times in many books about Rennes-le-Chateau, famous now also because of Dan Brown's novel ""The Da Vinci Code"". Subsequently, the author Kate Mosse set the larger part of her 2007 novel ""Sepulchre"" in the immediate vicinity. Abbé Henri Boudet was the parish priest of Rennes-les-Bains at the same time that Bérenger Saunière was the incumbent of Rennes-le-Château. Boudet's strange book, ""La vraie langue celtique et le cromleck de Rennes-les-Bains"" (1886) argued that all languages were derived from the English tongue whereby the Abbé tried to establish his theory through the use of puns. In 1832 a book"
"a new one with which they are unfamiliar, strong female characters, travel to interesting locations, and a 24-hour time frame in which the story takes place. Brown does his writing in his loft. He told fans that he uses inversion therapy to help with writer's block. He uses gravity boots and says, ""hanging upside down seems to help me solve plot challenges by shifting my entire perspective"". In August 2005 author Lewis Perdue unsuccessfully sued Brown for plagiarism, on the basis of claimed similarity between ""The Da Vinci Code"" and his novels, ""The Da Vinci Legacy"" (1983) and ""Daughter of"
"little success, with fewer than 10,000 copies in each of their first printings. His fourth novel, ""The Da Vinci Code"", became a bestseller, going to the top of the ""New York Times"" Best Seller list during its first week of release in 2003. It is one of the most popular books of all time, with 81 million copies sold worldwide as of 2009. Its success has helped push sales of Brown's earlier books. In 2004 all four of his novels were on the ""New York Times"" list in the same week, and, in 2005, he made ""Time"" magazine's list of"
"their conclusions are the following: The authors offer, but not claim, that perhaps Leonardo da Vinci was sending veiled messages through his art, which could be understood only by others who were open to their meaning. And while on the surface these paintings seem to be simple biblical depictions, they represent in fact his belief in the superiority of John the Baptist over Jesus. Seven years after this book was published, some of the ideas presented in this and other similar books (e.g. The Last Templar), have become central to the best-selling novel ""The Da Vinci Code"" by Dan Brown."
"The Da Vinci Code WebQuests The Da Vinci Code"" WebQuests (also called The Da Vinci Code"" Challenges) are a series of web-based puzzles related to the bestselling 2003 novel ""The Da Vinci Code"", as well as the 2006 film. There have been several web quests, none of which directly related to any other. Probably the most well known is the game run by Google, though it was ultimately met with much more public criticism than the other various games. The original ""Da Vinci Code"" web quest challenges were first made available via the website of the book's author, Dan Brown,"