Title: Paper-thin characters prop up a slow-moving plot...
Product review: ...which is really only intended to showcase a set of outrageous historical howlers.This book is a transparent attempt to undermine the faith of Christians -- and to pad the author's bank account.What begins as a fairly nifty thriller -- the first 75 pages or so are diverting, I do admit -- quickly gets bogged down in wildly inaccurate claims about the Catholic Church which any casual student of European history will be able to see through.The characters are totally static, standing there like featureless beaches upon which bogus historical "explanations" hammer interminably, wave upon wave upon wave.I only finished this bilious pile because relatives asked me to. I think they secretly feared that the "fascinating esoterica of history"-- as, I believe, the above review put it -- was true.But not to fear. This book is neither "fascinating" nor historical. It is pure fiddle-faddle, and don't waste your time or your money.
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