Synopses & Reviews
In this fully revised and updated edition, the bestselling authors of andlt;iandgt;The Templar Revelationandlt;/iandgt; present new and compelling evidence linking Leonardo da Vinci with the forgery of Christianity's most famous relic. For centuries the Turin Shroud was believed to be Christ's authentic burial cloth, miraculously imprinted with his image -- but in 1988 carbon dating revealed it is a medieval- or Renaissance-era forgery. However, authors Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince realized that the 1988 discovery prompted even more questions: andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt; The image seems to be a photograph -- so could the Turin Shroud actually be the world's first photograph? andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt; If the face of the man on the Shroud is not Jesus', whose is it? andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt; Who had the sheer audacity to create what would become an infamous relic of Christianity, faking even Christ's holy, redemptive blood? andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt; Whoever did this was not only a genius but also a heretic.... andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt; After more than a decade of research, Picknett and Prince have accumulated evidence that shows not only was the forger of the Turin Shroud none other than Leonardo da Vinci but also that he used his own face for that of Christ. The Turin Shroud is, among other things, a five-hundred-year-old photograph of Leonardo da Vinci. Could Christianity's greatest relic in fact be an attempt to undermine the religion itself?
Review
"If I had to name just one book that sparked off the whole da Vinci craze, this would be it. This is the book that gave me the most food for thought." andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt; -- Javier Sierra, andlt;iandgt;New York Timesandlt;/iandgt; bestselling author of andlt;iandgt;The Secret Suppeandlt;/iandgt;r
Synopsis
The authors of The Templar Revelation and The Sion Revelation draw on new findings to contend that the shroud was created by Leonardo Da Vinci, who they believe used sophisticated methods and his own image to create the shroud as a substitute for a medieval forgery. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.
About the Author
andlt;bandgt;Lynn Picknettandlt;/bandgt; is a writer, researcher, and lecturer on historical and religious mysteries. Her seminal book, written with Clive Prince,andnbsp;andlt;iandgt;The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ,andlt;/iandgt; inspired the andlt;iandgt;New York Timesandlt;/iandgt; bestsellers andlt;iandgt;The Da Vinci Codeandlt;/iandgt; and andlt;iandgt;The Secret Supperandlt;/iandgt;. They are also the authors of andlt;iandgt;The Sion Revelation: The Truth About the Guardians of Christ's Sacred Bloodlineandlt;/iandgt;. She lives in London, England. andlt;bandgt;Clive Prince andlt;/bandgt;is aandnbsp;writer, researcher, and lecturer on the paranormal, the occult, and historical and religious mysteries. With Lynn Picknett, he is the author of andlt;iandgt;The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christandlt;/iandgt; and andlt;iandgt;Turin Shroud: In Whose Image?andlt;/iandgt; He lives in London, England.
Table of Contents
Contents
Illustrations
Introduction: Irony and Inspiration
1 More Questions Than Answers
2 The Verdict of History
3 Theories
4 Correspondents
5 "Faust's Italian Brother"
6 The Shroud Conspiracy
7 Getting the Measure of Shroudman
8 Positive Developments
9 Leonardo's Last Testament
Epilogue: In His Own Image
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index