Alan Crozier wrote:
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> >
> > William Black wrote:
> > > "Doug Weller" <dweller@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> > > news:halrn1p9iiq022pr5nvaibi5jl4rult9v9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > All but one of the Amazon reviews are, to put it mildly,
worthless.
> But an
> > > > acquaintance of mine, Donald Ball, has written a serious review,
see
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
>
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1412026423/103-6438203-2351815?v=glance&n=283155
> > >
> > > Scary stuff
> > >
> > > I assume this is the next 'Holy Blood, Holy Grail'.
> > >
> >
> > I managed to read few pages from this one and it is rather funny. As
> > far as I can judge, it is
> > built on a standard premise 'the public is stupid and will digest
> > anything': all the known and
> > seemingly unrelated things are glued together by some clearly phony or
> > questionable
> > 'links', then some ....er... 'facts' are added (with a correct
> > assumption that most of the
> > readers don't have enough knowledge and/or interest to check them) and
> > voila!
> >
> > Of course, Templars were in the middle of it (weren't they always?)
and
> > there were dissapearing
> > galleys loaded with their gold... I would think that by XXI century
> > most of the people
> > eventually figured out that the bankers don't keep most of their
> > capital in a bullion by a simple
> > reason that, unless invested, it does not bring any profit... But I
> > must admit that the
> > dissapearing treasure fleet is much more entertaining.... OTOH, was a
> > galley an effective
> > cargo ****p? IIRC, most of the sea travel was done in more seaworthy
> > vessels.
> >
> >
> > IIRC, one of the authors was on TV in a program dedicated to 'Da
Vinchi
> > Code' and was
> > doing some criticism of the ....er... facts presented in this book.
> >
> > > Oh well, if it is we'll get a buckett load in the next feww
weeks...
> >
> > Do you prefer buckets of the today's politics? :-)
> >
> > >
> > > I keep saying that one day I'm going to write something like this
and
> make
> > > enough money to live in luxury for the rest of my life...
> >
> > You just have to find a publisher. The rest is easy. :-)
>
> Just go to
http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/trafford.html?310191257-13525aaa,
> as Grant Berkley did. Prices range from 699 to 1399 dollars.
Hah! I would be into it for _getting_ money, not for paying them. :-)
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