The authors had sued Brown's publisher, Random House, claiming Brown copied from their 1982 non-fiction book, "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail." Both books deal with the theory that Jesus ...

(Magdalene would, in fact, literally be the grail, the holy vessel carrying Jesus’ blood.) Magdalene ... in the French countryside. The book offers a wonderful clutter of antiques and props ...

Of all the books used it is the most heavily annotated. I have already observed the anagram in the name Teabing as being another example of how The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail was clearly in the ...

However, if the "research" and ideas in "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" are not the original creations of the book's authors, they become harder to copyright, and the possible infringement suit against ...

Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh say Mr Brown stole "the whole architecture" of research that went into their 1982 book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail. The Da Vinci Code won best book at this year ...

They claim Brown, an American, stole the central theme for his religious thriller from their 1982 book, THE HOLY BLOOD AND THE HOLY GRAIL. Both books explore the controversial theory that Jesus ...

This approach is similar to his earlier book, but what makes “Holy Blood, Holy Grail” so fascinating is an element of intrigue that builds from the first and never lets up -- a momentum “The ...

The author spent a third day defending his work against a copyright infringement suit brought by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, authors of a 1982 nonfiction book, "Holy Blood, Holy Grail." ...

Inspired by the success of their TV series, Lincoln, Baigent and Leigh wrote up their research in a book called The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail. The book was a dense retelling of the village ...

This account underpins the 1982 book by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, a best seller regarded by historians as pseudohistory. Some of the ...