re: #225 Dianna

The koran is incoherent.

Baigent, Leigh and Lincoln actually can write. They were insanely credulous, but they put together a fun book.

Lincoln, of course, left the group, as he wanted to work on subjects “more susceptible of proof” - though one must (looking over his publications) wonder what he considers proof - and Baigent and Leigh went on to create something of an industry.

However, even they, at some point, got tired of Pierre Plantard’s games, and quit. I haven’t seen anything by either one in quite a while.

But the pseudo-history they dredged up has founded a thriving industry. They should get royalties, or at least acknowledgment for their initial spadework.

I guess you know that Plantard came clean just before he died (2004 I think). All the Dossier papers were plated by him and some friends.

Lincoln was not going to let a good thing go, he just barreled right on, with no care if his material had any truth in it. Hell, he works for the BBC.

And yes, I agree, they write wonderfully. But, as I said in a post above, they didn’t come up with much new, this “story” has been around for a couple a hundred years.

Books on the subject go back to the turn of the 1800’s.