Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh & Henry Lincoln ... Apr 2026

A British writer and filmmaker who first stumbled upon the mystery of Rennes-le-Château while producing documentaries for the BBC. The Core Thesis: The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail

A New Jersey-born novelist and university lecturer. He provided the "storytelling flair" for their joint works. Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh & Henry Lincoln ...

A New Zealand-born researcher with a degree in psychology. He was a commercial photographer and Freemason who later edited Freemasonry Today . A British writer and filmmaker who first stumbled

The trio came from diverse backgrounds, which they combined to create a narrative-heavy style of historical research: A New Zealand-born researcher with a degree in psychology

Michael Baigent , Richard Leigh , and Henry Lincoln are a trio of authors most famous for their 1982 international bestseller, . Their collaboration popularized a controversial "alternative history" suggesting that Jesus Christ married Mary Magdalene and that their descendants founded the Merovingian dynasty of France. The Authors

The book posited that the "Holy Grail" (Sangreal) was not a physical cup, but a "Royal Bloodline" ( Sang Réal ). Their theory included: