serious academic claims can be made but it is not entirely without value, because it attempts (sometimes successfully) to put puzzling historical events into an understandable context and to raise important questions about the beginnings of the Christian church." References External links History vs The Da Vinci Code Analysis of the historical claims made in The Da Vinci Code, with frequent criticisms of the premises and content of The Templar Revelation. 1997 books Anti-Catholic publications Pseudohistory Touchstone Books books Transworld Publishers books