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Theories:

The novel suggests that the Holy Grail is not a cup, not gold, not a particular object, but the blood of Christ in the womb of a woman, Mary Magdalene. It is therefore the subject insinuated by Leonardo da Vinci in the pictorial work of the Last Supper, in the part where a supposed John is seen on the right side of Jesus, but in reality Leonardo painted him as a woman, Mary Magdalene.

It is believed that Mary Magdalene arrived in the south of France, after giving birth in Egypt to her daughter Sara. She arrived accompanied by Joseph of Alimathea, Mary Jacobean sister of Mary mother of Jesus and Mary Salome mother of two of the apostles, James the elder.

It is also believed, according to Anglo-Saxon legend, that she arrived in England, at Glestonbury Abbey, which later became a majestic church, 12th century.

According to the da Vinci Code, in the Council of Nicaea, in 325 AD, the Emperor of Rome Constantine decided to eradicate the cult of Mary Magdalene and the Gnostics were condemned. The new official Christian history was born, told in a book called the Bible.

The Merovingians were very unique kings, since they could heal with their hands and talk to animals, they were part of the succession of Mary Magdalene.

They were the crusaders when they besieged Jerusalem, under the command of King Godfrey Buyon, of the Merovingian lineage. They found documents related to the descendants of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.

The following year Godfrey Buyon created a secret cult group on Mount Zion called the Priory of Zion. Later, monks there created an abbey and an order of Sion.

During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, communities arose in the south of France that were heretics, called the Cathars. Legends say that they were the custodians of a great treasure. They revealed themselves to the church for this one let see a life of popes wrapped in wealth and luxuries. Then in 1209, the great Albigensian crusade of the church wiped out the Cathars and started the movement of the Holy Inquisition.

After 40 years, in 1244, there was a last battle on the mountain of Monsieur. The Albigensian crusaders won the battle, but some four monks escaped down the side of the mountain, taking with them some important documents, the mysterious Cathar treasure.

The dossier of documents was found in an incredible way, by the newspaper De Especie Di Mide, in the national library of Paris, in 1956. The documents were deposited in the library by a group that called itself the Priory of Sion in the same year. The representative of that group was named Pierre Plantard. The dossier contained a list of names corresponding to a family tree.

According to the novel

In the 19th century, in the south of France, in Rennes le Cháteau in the Pyrenees. Father Jacques Souniére, chaplain of the village and namesake of the curator of the Louvre. He initiates the restoration of his church. This event begins the story of the novel. Jacques Souniére, made strange repairs to the structure of the church. Making heretical modifications and building a tower dedicated to Mary Magdalene.

When demolishing a Visigothic pillar in one of the corridors of the church, ancient vellums are found that rewrite the Christian history told up to that moment, called the secret dossier.

The novel points out that there are other documents indicating the line of succession from Jesus. The novel tells us that the mission of the Priory of Sion is to find these documents.

The story tells us that after the events with the Cathars in 1244, the documents must have been taken perhaps to the Temple Church in London. The documents spend only one night there, and then they are moved to the north, to Scotland.

On the outskirts of Edinburgh, the Rosslyn Chapel built supposedly by the Templars in 1466, known in the novel as the Cathedral of the Codes. It was built under the auspices of Ser William Sinclair. William was a descendant of the Merovingian kings. His tombstone suggests that Sinclair was a Templar, he was also a member of the Priory of Sion.

The novel also tells us that the church is on the rosette line, the prime meridian line, before it was moved to its current Greenwich location. The line also passes through the Louvre pyramid, the place where the novel begins. It also passes through the pyramids of Egypt where Mary Magdalene's daughter was born. It is also said to pass through the church of Saint Suis Paris, where the rosette line also passes and in the novel it is said to be indicated by the copper line in its central nave traced on the floor.

My opinion.

Daw Brown masterfully recreates fact and fiction, making us believe the story firsthand. He weaves subtly interconnected central ideas into each chapter, conceiving a false story with true nuances. Riddled with concrete enigmas that do not escape the story. The book became a true catalyst where much interest is capitalized by the reading public. Additionally it leaves many doubts and many questions, which is an outstanding factor of the book.

Sobre el autor / About the author

Dan Brown

Dan Brown ha vendido más de 234 millones de ejemplares de su obra en todo el mundo y sus libros han sido traducidos a 56 idiomas. Es el autor de grandes best sellers internacionales como El código Da Vinci, que a día de hoy sigue siendo el libro más vendido en español con más de ocho millones de ejemplares. Link.

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Dan Brown has sold more than 234 million copies of his work worldwide and his books have been translated into 56 languages. He is the author of international bestsellers such as The Da Vinci Code, which to this day remains the bestselling book in Spanish with more than eight million copies. Link.