Lynn Picknett

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Title: The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians Of The True Identity Of Christ: Description:
In the course of their investigations into Leonardo da Vinci and the Turin Shroud, the authors found clues in the work of the great Renaissance artist that pointed to the existence of a secret underground religion. More clues were found in a 20th century London church. These were the beginnings of a quest through time and space that led the authors into the mysterious world of secret societies and such bodies as the Freemasons, the Knights Templar and the Cathars and finally back to the ideas and beliefs of the 1st century AD and a new view of the real character and motives of the founder of Christianity and the role of John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene. They reveal a secret history, preserved through the centuries but encoded in works of art and even in the great Gothic cathedrals, whose revelation could shake the foundations of the Church. From the Back Cover In the course of their investigations into Leonardo da Vinci and the Turin Shroud, Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince were struck by clues in the work of the great Renaissance artist and scientist that seemed to point to the existence of a secret underground religion. Guided by hints about that religion's continued existence, they found further clues in a twentieth-century church in London. These were just the beginnings of a quest that was to lead the authors through time and space to the heartland of European occultism and the dark histories of such mysterious bodies as the Freemasons, the Cathars and the Knights Templar. As they dug beyond what was already known, the trail led them to the ideas and beliefs of the first century AD and a devastating new view of the real character and motives of the supposed founder of Christianity and the role of John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene. And in so doing they revealed a secret history, preserved through the centuries, whose final chapter might shatter the foundations of the Church... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. About the Author Lynn PicknettSince they met in 1989, Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince have collaborated in research that resulted in Turin Shroud: In Whose Image? and its sequel, The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ, besides another major book. They are lecturers and researchers on a variety of mysteries, from the esoteric to 'straight' history, but specialise in secret societies, heresies, the origins of Christianity and conspiracies. They live in north London. Clive PrinceFreemasons, the Knights Templar and the Cathars and finally back to the ideas and beliefs of the first century AD and a devastating new view of the real character and motives of the founder of Christianity and the roles of John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene. They reveal nothing less than a secret history, preserved through the centuries but encoded in works of art and even in the great Gothic cathedrals, whose revelation could shake the foundations of the Chruch. Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince are the author of The Turin Shroud: In Whose Image? (1994). They live in London. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Title: Turin Shroud: How Leonardo Da Vinci Fooled History: Description:
In 1988, carbon dating of the world's most famous Christian relic revealed that it was a mediaeval or Renaissance forgery. Yet many questions remained. How could a hoaxer of 500 or more years ago have created an image that appears so astonishingly lifelike when seen in photographic negative? How was such an image formed? And who would have dared fake the Holy Shroud of Jesus? Setting out to answer these questions, Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince discovered that the faker was none other than Leonardo da Vinci, the Renaissance artist, scientist, inventor - and hoaxer - whose innovations are acknowledged to have been centuries ahead of his time. They also reconstructed Leonardo's secret technique - becoming the first ever to recreate the Shroud image. Now revised and updated, sensationally the new 2006 edition of Turin Shroud presents the long-lost hard evidence to link the Shroud of Turin directly with Leonardo da Vinci. Perhaps this is even his 'confession' to having faked Christianity's most sacred relic, which will astonish both believers and sceptics alike, and present a new challenge to historians of both art and photography. About the Author Picknett and Prince write on the subject of religious and historical mysteries and conspiracies.