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by Lunn (Author), Martin (Author)
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  • Paperback: 200 pages
  • Publisher: DISINFORMATION COMPANY LTD (7 Feb 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0972952977
  • ISBN-13: 978-0972952972
  • Product Dimensions: 18.1 x 10.8 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 199,353 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The Da Vinci code is a modern-day publishing phenomenon. With millions of copies in print, it is the most popular adult novel of the 21st Century. In an introductory note author Dan Brown tells us that ""all descriptions of documents and secret rituals...are accurate"". But are they? Now Martin Lunn, an expert historian, reveals the truth behind Brown's research. Non-dogmatic and not out to discredit Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code for religious reasons, as some critics in the past have been, Lunn delivers the one essential reader's guide to this highly controversial novel.

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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, 7 Nov 2004
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While the author clearly knows his stuff, this book is desperately disappointing. Dry, poorly structured and rambling, the "Da Vinci Code Decoded" simply regurgitates the information presented so skillfully in Dan Brown's book and adds to it a mass of only mildy relevant information. It would be great to find a book that does a good job of looking at the truth behind the "Da Vinci Code" - this one certainly doesn't.
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59 of 64 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Did he even use any source material?, 26 Feb 2005
By Ms. K. Tomlinson (Manchester) - See all my reviews
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This is without doubt the worst "history" book I have ever had the misfortune to read. Whether Lunn actually researched his material or sat and googled it is debatable. An example is the chapter on the supposed marriage of Christ. Lunn contradicts himself in two paragraphs. One saying that Mary Magdalene is often mistake for Mary of Bethany incorrectly and another saying that they are the same person. (Incidentally it is not true that they are the same person.)
His argument for Jesus's marriage to Magdalene rests on the incident of Lazarus's death and Mary of Bethany's behaviour there (having already denied that they are the same person) and the wedding that is mentioned in John. This passage in John makes it very clear that Jesus is merely a guest there and the Mary in question there is his mother. However, since Lunn appears not to have bothered reading the gospel, it is no surprise that this didn't deter him.
In short, he presents a contradictory argument, full of holes and often merely his own opinion with no evidence to back it up. The rest of the book follows a similar pattern.
Do not waste your money on this book unless you are a history student seeking a good example of how not to write an essay.
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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Interesting subject.... tatty writing, 18 Oct 2004
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I'd thoroughly enjoyed the Da Vinci Code, and I was interested to know how much of it WAS fact. I hoped this book would give me the answers.

Well... it does, sometimes. However, to get to the answers you have to read possibly the worst-edited book I have had the misfortune to trawl through. The typographical errors and the poor layout remind me of a first year undergraduate's essays - unforgiveable in a book written by such an eminent historian as this. It looks and feels like something thrown together in haste as the bandwagon gathered speed. I don't regret buying it (it's cheap but at least it wasn't too costly) but I'd have been embarrassed to, say, have given it as a gift.

It's also almost as full of questions as the Da Vinci Code itself, and the answers it gives are not vastly more authoritative - full footnotes and references would have inspired more confidence.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book must read for an introduction to this topic!
This is a great book, it is very useful and helpful and while it does not discuss things at great length and does not offer a lot of proof for its ideas it is a very good basis... Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2005 by speerross

1.0 out of 5 stars No truth to be found
This incredibly rotten book, in addition to sensationally bad writing, offers absolutely nothing in the way of shedding new light to the Da Vinci code. Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars A sad unhelpful little book
Having read Dan Brown's gifted piece of writing, and having read "Decoded's" review, I was looking forward to some challenging explanations. I was sadly mistaken. Read more
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After jumping on the band wagon and reading all of Dan Brown's books the one that caught the imagination was the Da Vinci Code. Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Astonishingly bad.
This is one of the worst-written books I've read for a very long time.

I've got a strong interest in the subject matter, but Mr Lunn's writing is almost unreadable. Read more

Published on 4 Dec 2004 by Mrs. J. A. Collins

5.0 out of 5 stars An Informative Guide to the Novel.
I would recommend this book as a cheap and easy guide to the background of Brown's novel. You will never be able to look at the history of Europe in quite the same manner again... Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2004

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2.0 out of 5 stars A Rather Long Winded List of Criticisms
The first thing I'd say is - don't do as I did and buy this book the same day as finishing the original Da Vinci Code. Read more
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