New book on Knights Templar complement 'Da Vinci Code'.(Neighbor)

From: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) | Date: January 3, 2004| Author: Pohl, Laura Zahn | Copyright information

Byline: Laura Zahn Pohl Daily Herald Correspondent

With 4.3 million books in print, "The Da Vinci Code" is labeled a runaway best seller. The novel has fascinated readers with mysteries surrounding the early church and theories involving Mary Magdalene, the Holy Grail and the Knights Templar, the famed monk/warrior society of the Crusades.

Coincidentally, Wheaton's Theosophical Society's publishing house, Quest, has just published "The Templars and The Grail....