Of Errors, Falsehoods and the Da Vinci Code
There was one book published in the recent past that sparked much debate and was criticized by historians, church-goers, mathematicians, book critics, and various other tribes of mortals. The charges against the book ranged from poor research to blasphemy to church-bashing to plagiarism. There were other charges such as poor plot construction and lack of technical, historical and geographical knowledge. I have provided links to some of these articles below. Well, if you go through these list of errors and falsehoods, it looks like 99% of the book is inaccurate against the "99% accuracy" claim of the author. However, the book became a best-seller and this goes to show that well-packaged church-bashing can do wonders for an author. Before the Da Vinci Code, none of Dan's three earlier books had sold more than 10,000 copies or should I be more Brown-like and say 10 copies or no copies at all. Well, at least he did not plagiarise his work from two books of non...