Reply #22: It's a quick, fun read

[salvorhardin]

Not exactly high literature, but then neither is John Grisham. It's a pretty short novel and I read it in a single sitting but your mileage may vary. As far as it being historically accurate, there's a lot of stuff in there that is and a lot of stuff that isn't -- just remember that it is a work of fiction based on a lot of the same stuff you can find in Holy Blood, Holy Grail (a nonfiction book).

Also, if you're a gamer then get a copy of the 1999 game Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned. While arguably the worst of the Gabriel Knight games that included a couple of extremely silly puzzles (anyone remember the damn cat?) it also deals with the same premise as The DaVinci Code and it's fun to explore around the Rennes-le-Château area. Despite not being up to the same level as the previous two Gabriel Knight games it's still leaps and bounds beyond many of the games produced that year.

That was probably way more than you wanted to know. :-)