title: De-Coding Da Vinci: The Facts Behind the Fiction of The Da Vinci Code
author:  Amy Welborn 
description: Amy Welborn gives a sprightly, detailed, and highly satisfying account of the truth behind the pseudo-history. -- <i>Mike Potemra, National Review, May 3, 2004</i><br /><br />Amy Welborns De-Coding Da-Vinci is a strong effort. -- <i>Mark Gauvreau Judge, Breakpoint, May 6, 2004</i><br /><br />Even people who haven't already read the novel that it trounces would profit from reading De-Coding Da Vinci. -- <i>Patrick O'Hannigan, Spectator Online, April 28, 2004</i><br /><br />Ms. Welborn's book...destroys the hokum and commits it to the ashcan reserved for phony attacks on the Church. -- <i>Fr. Andrew Greeley</i>
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