Rosslyn and the Grail
$32.22
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2006
Summary
After more than a decade of research, two Scottish historians have finally uncovered the real story of Rosslyn and the Grail.
Tens of millions of people worldwide learned of Scotland’s Rossyln Chapel in Dan Brown’s blockbuster novel The Da Vinci Code. Now, after 500 years shrouded in mystery and legend, the secrets of the chapel, the castle, King Arthur and the quest for the Holy Grail are about to be revealed.
The astonishing story of Rosslyn brings together a host of famous …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781845961152 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1845961153 |
| Author: | Mark Oxbrow |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Mainstream Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2006 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
If you want to have one comprehensive book about Rosslyn, then Rosslyn and the Grail should be it … [Oxbrow and Robertson] should be the talking heads of choice that the media will need, come the release of The Da Vinci Code film (9⁄10) * Fortean Times *
Rosslyn’s extraordinary carvings explained at last … for the first time since the Middle Ages we can now read the chapel as it was meant to be read * The Scotsman *
A rich story linking Arthurian legend with a remarkable Christian chapel, arrived at methodically on the basis of solid historical evidence * The Herald *
The investigation is engrossing and the writers’ accessible style means the reader is not lost in a sea of arcane details * Derby Evening Telegraph *
A refreshing, realistic and plausible attempt to demystify what has become one of the obsessions of our times * Scotland in Trust *
About The Author
Mark Oxbrow
Mark Oxbrow and Ian Robertson have researched, written and lectured internationally on the history and legends of Rosslyn and King Arthur for over ten years. Both are Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. They have contributed to numerous British and American TV and DVD documentaries, bestselling books, magazines and press articles, and are widely acknowledged as ‘Rosslyn experts’.
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