[nickcarraway]

The problem with DVC is that everyone I've talked to said that although it's fiction it's historically accurate and has uncovered truths that have been hidden. (BTW, I can't agree it's a good summer read. The writing is so bad it's painful. It's hard to believe it was ever viewed by an editor.)

[Cincinna]

I read DVC and found it a fast read witha somewhat interesting mystery tale.
The fact that Dan Brown says that it is historically true don't make it so.
There is no evidence whatsoever of Leonardo being connected to the "Priory of Zion" , no evidence whatsoever that the figure next to Jesus in the Last Supper was Mary Magdalen. The figure is a conventional depiction of the time of James, the disciple, who is always portrayed with long hair and is slight and sensitive looking.
The reality beyond DVC is a lot of hooey.
Foucauld's Pendulum by Umberto Eco, on the other hand, is a masterful work. I am sure that Brown lifted a lot from it.

[johnb838]

I won't read DVC. It is designed to tear down and mislead. Harry is about good and evil and friendship. Apples and Oranges. And you'll know them by their fruits.

[GipperGal]

The problem with DVC is that everyone I've talked to said that although it's fiction it's historically accurate and has uncovered truths that have been hidden.

Precisely. That's why I made reference to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion in my post #90.

Last year, while quietly reading a book near the history section at a Borders bookstore, I overheard to women who were apparently elementary school teachers talking about DVC. One of them said that she has been assigned to teach a history class the next semester and was lamenting the fact that she knows nothing about history. She said that she is planning to have the kids read DVC because she figured that would be fun and historical.

The memory of that conversation still makes me sick to my stomach.