Michael Baigent was born on February 27, 1948, in Nelson, New Zealand in a devout Catholic family. He received tutorage in Catholic theology from the age of five. He died from a brain haemorrhage on June 18, 2013. Michael Baigent is known for his collaboration with Richard Leigh on the investigative book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
Book Review:A nineteenth-century priest amassed a fortune of millions of pounds from a discovery he made of buried treasure and parchments. These alluded to secret societies, Knights Templar and more.
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Book Review:Baigent and Leigh have come up with accusations against some very major players in world history. So much so that they believe that these players have shaped and moulded history.
Book Review:The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in caves 20 miles east of Jerusalem in 1947 and 1956. Now Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh have succeeded in uncovering what has been described as `the academic scandal par excellence of the twentieth century`: the story of how and why up to 75 per cent of the 800 ancient Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts, hidden for some nineteen centuries, have until very recently, remained concealed from the world.
Book Review:After three thousand years of civilisation, are we at last ready to accept a new way of looking at the world?