- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks (6 April 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0751538620
- ISBN-13: 978-0751538625
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 427,659 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Astonishing, gruesome, shocking and sensational ... an impressively argued book' Washington Times
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In 1988, carbon dating of the world's most famous Christian relic revealed that it was a mediaeval or Renaissance forgery. Yet many questions remained. How could a hoaxer of 500 or more years ago have created an image that appears so astonishingly lifelike when seen in photographic negative? How was such an image formed? And who would have dared fake the Holy Shroud of Jesus? Setting out to answer these questions, Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince discovered that the faker was none other than Leonardo da Vinci, the Renaissance artist, scientist, inventor - and hoaxer - whose innovations are acknowledged to have been centuries ahead of his time. They also reconstructed Leonardo's secret technique - becoming the first ever to recreate the Shroud image. Now revised and updated, sensationally the new 2006 edition of Turin Shroud presents the long-lost hard evidence to link the Shroud of Turin directly with Leonardo da Vinci. Perhaps this is even his 'confession' to having faked Christianity's most sacred relic, which will astonish both believers and sceptics alike, and present a new challenge to historians of both art and photography.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have read this book and have found it quite interesting. The authors give extensive explanation of different theories which try to explain the shroud as a supernatural phenomenom and why they are not scientifically possible. However they also describe an objective and credible (nothing supernatural) process which replicates the shroud's image. I recommend it to those who are not afraid of learning that the shroud is a fake.
Format:Paperback
Ill start off by saying when a book has the name Lynn Picknett on AVOID it like the plague. Having read the secret history of Lucifer, the Stargate conspiracy, I swore I would never read her trash again. I did but thankfully due to that mistake I can forewarn others to avoid it. It belongs in the pseudo reality genre along with the Da vinci code (and its subsequent truth behind the Da Vinci code books), the Mary Magdalane books, the secret history of Jesus (and his alleged children books). Its all wild assertions and silly theory, and rarely touches on that all important evidence. I have no Idea why a publisher would print this and inflict it on people intelligent enough to read books. Its a silly book for conspiracy theorists.
Format:Paperback
That the Turin Shroud is a fake is fairly obvious, but to suggest that Leonardo da Vinci did it is more than a bit far fetched. Putting it bluntly he wouldn't have made such a fundamental error as having a cloth that wrapped around a head look like a photograph, that is to put it mildly geometrically impossible. Any image would be distorted, extended if you like. So like the rest of the suppositions here, the whole idea can be dismissed.
Fake yes, by Da Vinci? Not a chance!
Fake yes, by Da Vinci? Not a chance!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Some good arguments, but disregards all arguments for the authenticity...
Yeah, this was OK, and as I said, some arguments in here are well thought out and it is an easy-to-read book. However, it disregards some arguments completely. Read more
Published on 25 Jun 2008 by S. Langworthy
Recent studies nullify carbon dating.
This book takes no account of recent studies which disprove the carbon dating findings; namely that the area of shroud, carbon dated was contaminated. Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2006 by Gemma Smyth
Am an avid shroud fan, but.....
....before I read this book I am confused. After skimming through the book at my local Smith's, I was unsurprised to see the (now universal) belief that the shroud is a relatively... Read more
Published on 19 April 2006 by F. Hemmise
Page-turning stuff, even for the sceptic
When I first picked up this book and flicked through it, I scoffed at what seemed to be outrageous claims. But when I started to read it I found I could hardly put it down. Read more
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