Michael Baigent graduated from Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Richard Leigh followed his degree from Tufts University with postgraduate studies at the University of Chicago and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Together the authors have also written Holy Blood, Holy Grail; The Messianic Legacy; and The Temple and the Lodge. Both writers live in England.
Cover design by Francine Kass
Cover photograph courtesy of APA Videworld Photos
A Touchstone Book
Published by Simon & Schuster
New York
THE HOLY BLOOD AND THE HOLY GRAIL
(with Henry Lincoln)
THE MESSIANIC LEGACY
(with Henry Lincoln)
THE TEMPLE AND THE LODGE