If you're interested in history or religion, or both, then this book is a must read. It starts out as an inquiry into the roots of freemasonry, and before long, it covers just about everything from Babylon to Eqypt, from Moses to the Crusades, from Jesus to George Washington. It is not a scholarly book in the strictest sense (it reads more like a murder mystery), yet most of its conclusions are supported by sufficient evidence to be a good starting-off spot for the enthusiastic student.

The writing style is excellent. It reads like a thriller. The photographs are excellent supplemments to the text. I imagine that this is the book that Dan Brown read to get his inspiration for the DaVinci Code. The style and the content invite comparisons with the 1983 best seller Holy Blook, Holy Grail.