[bookshare-discuss] Re: banned books on bookshare
- From: "A. J. Nolte" <a.j.nolte@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:28:00 -0400
Ann et al:
I think the thing which bothers me about Brown's premise is more it's shoddy
historiography, and the fact that, in stead of simply saying "this is an
entertaining story and nothing more" he went on that whole "it could be
true" bit. I watched an obviously sympathetic history channel documentary
which, despite the admiration which most of the presenters held for the
book, systematically demolished the historical claims one by one. The bit
about Christ marrying was a claim of the early Merovingian Frankish monarchs
in France used to bolster their dynastic claim (claiming descent from a god
was one way to do this in a variety of pagan contexts).
Good story? I'm certain. But I'm also certain I couldn't get past the
historically inaccurate nonsense to enjoy it. I had a similar problem with a
book called The Alexandria Link, which has a similar premise to Brown's
though dealing with the Old Testament. That's just me though.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 9:11 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: banned books on bookshare
Hi all,
Well, The Da Vinci Code has an interesting premise. One doesn't
necessarily have to agree with it, but I will say this, it's a darned good
read!
I'm a practicing Catholic, and I'm not at all sure whether Brown's premise
is true or not. For me, that is insignificant in comparison to the story
line. Brown writes suspense that keeps you on the edge of your chair.
Whether Christ married or not is less significant than what Brown's
characters did in their exploration of that premise. As I say, a darned
good read!
Ann P.
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