New review of The Map and the Manuscript calls it "the first sensible book to be published on the Rennes-le-Château mysteries"

"This book is probably the first sensible book to be published on the Rennes-le-Château mysteries.

The problem is that there's so much bumpkin been written about it that it's difficult to persuade even those with a lifelong obsession that it's actually worth reading and "not like the rest".

Rest assured, Mr Miles knows that the famous parchment were forgeries. This book was for me an absolute delight to read, weaving together so many diverse elements. It may not be the last word and doesn't tie everything up in a neat package labeled "solved".

It does break new ground on Boudet's book and map, and on Le Serpent Rouge.

It also sheds some light on "Foucault's Pendulum", particularly the weird ending.

Also there is a revelation which seems to imply that Henry Lincon, bless him, must have been "in" on the deception!
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I have had a lifelong obsession with these matters, visited the area many times, yet made wary by the endless fact and complex theories. Rereading "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail", the book that started it all, contentious speakers at least, we see how deeply flawed it was.

This book is the most sensible book on the matter, in my opinion, other than DeSèdes "Dossiers", and Simon Miles should be commended for keeping his head where so many have lost theirs, and blazing a trail through the jungle of nonsense!"

• ​hieronymous abiel diabalo, 29 January 2025, amazon.co.uk

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Simon writes: Thank you for your review, hieronymous abiel diabalo, which I have lightly editted for clarity.

The Map and the Manuscript: Journeys in the Mysteries of the Two Rennes

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