Da Vinci Code fact vs. fiction
Dan Brown's best-selling "The Da Vinci Code" is a work of fiction.
But is it based on historical fact? Many readers seem to think so.
For another view, I recommend "The Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in the Da Vinci Code" by Carl E. Olson and Sandra Miesel.
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The only thing that puzzles me about this is why people got the impression in the first place that all this stuff was historically accurate. It was a novel, people.
Posted on March 3, 2005 9:34 AM
Some readers of historical fiction are conditioned to believe an author's depiction of certain figures and events. In fact, some authors are very faithful to historical details; they weave their story through real events. So it can be confusing in other cases when the author is careless with his use of characters and events.
Posted on March 3, 2005 10:14 AM
Yeah, I know, but we've got people trying to foist fairy tales off onto school kids as biology, and no one is making nearly as much of a stink about that.
Posted on March 3, 2005 5:34 PM
Well, there was "Inherit the Wind."
Posted on March 3, 2005 5:54 PM
Da Vinci Code should make for a fabulous movie. Another book that's destined to become a movie is: No Greater Deception: A True Texas Story. A treasure hunt of a different kind that involves the mysterious death of a Texas lawman who had connections with LBJ, Joe Bonanno (Mafia), George Bush and the Texas Rangers. Fingers the lawman as a possible JFK assassination hit man.
Posted on April 4, 2005 10:55 PM