Michael Baigent (1948–2013)
Autore di Holy Blood, Holy Grail
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Michael Baigent was born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1948. He studied religion and psychology at the University of Canterbury, where he graduated in 1972. Before becoming an author, he was a commercial photographer. His first book, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, which was released in the mostra altro United States as Holy Blood, Holy Grail, was written with Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln and was published in 1982. The book hypothesized that Jesus had married Mary Magdalene and that their descendants were protected by a secretive group called the Priory of Sion. He and co-author Richard Leigh unsuccessfully sued Random House UK for copyright infringement, over similarities between their work and The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Baigent's other works included The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception, The Jesus Papers, and Racing toward Armageddon. He died of a brain hemorrhage on June 17, 2013 at the age of 65. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Baigent, Michael Ferran Meritxell
- Altri nomi
- Meehan, Michael Barry (birth name)
- Data di nascita
- 1948-02-07
- Data di morte
- 2013-06-17
- Luogo di sepoltura
- New Zealand (ashes)
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- New Zealand
UK - Luogo di nascita
- Nelson, New Zealand
- Luogo di morte
- Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
- Causa della morte
- brain haemorrhage
- Luogo di residenza
- Motueka, New Zealand
Wakefield, New Zealand
Bath, England, UK - Istruzione
- Nelson College, New Zealand
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (comparative religion and philosophy)
University of Auckland, New Zealand (B.A.) (Psychology)
University of Kent (M.A.) (Mysticism and Religious Experience) - Attività lavorative
- non-fiction writer
factory worker
editor - Organizzazioni
- Canonbury Masonic Research Centre
Freemasons
United Grand Lodge of England - Breve biografia
- Baigent was born in March 1948 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He grew up in Motueka and Wakefield. His father left the family when he was 8 years old, and Baigent took the name of his maternal grandfather, Lewis Baigent. He attended Canterbury University, Christchurch, initially intending to study science, but then switched to studying comparative religion and philosophy, studying Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity. He traveled to Australia and Southeast Asia, later returning to Auckland where he received a BA in Psychology. He later earned an MA in Mysticism and Religious Experience at the University of Kent.
A Freemason and a Grand Officer of the United Grand Lodge of England, he was editor of Freemasonry Today. He was a trustee of the Canonbury Masonic Research Centre.
Baigent died from a brain haemorrhage on June 18th 2013. He is survived by his wife, Jane, two daughters and two step-children.
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L'eredità messianica di Michael Baigent
Da leggere dopo il Santo Graal degli stessi autori, il seguito delle ricerche del primo libro
Sconcertante, misterioso, imprevedibile, Il Santo Graal è un giallo storico che prende avvio da alcuni incredibili indizi ritrovati a Carcassone, centro della Francia meridionale. Il quadro che ne emerge è quanto mai sconvolgente: Gesù non morì sulla croce, sposò Maria Maddalena - da cui ebbe alcuni figli - e, con la famiglia, si rifugiò in Francia presso una comunità ebraica. I suoi discendenti regnarono con il nome di Merovingi, creando successivamente il Sacro Romano Impero, maestoso disegno di un'Europa finalmente unita. Fallito sul piano politico, questo progetto si sarebbe invece alimentato grazie a sette religioso-esoteriche come i Templari, gli Albigesi, i Cavalieri Teutonici, e a società segrete facenti capo a un'organizzazione ancor più misteriosa, il "Priorato di Sion", alla quale sono stati collegati, nel corso dei secoli, alcuni fra i nomi più prestigiosi dell'arte, della scienza e del cattolicesimo. Insolito reportage su duemila anni di storia, Il Santo Graal trascina il lettore in un gioco affascinante di fatti, ipotesi, analisi, interpretazioni e strabilianti coincidenze, facendo rivivere il mistero di una grande leggenda.… (altro)
I found this book utterly boring. I had to put it down halfway through. Definitely one of the worst books I ever read.
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- ISBN
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