Shadow of the Templars by Henry Lincoln

In 1972, British script writer Henry Lincoln introduced the Mystery of Rennes-le-Château to the English speaking world through his documentary “The Lost Treasure of Jerusalem.“ It immediately created a storm of publicity and eventually led to the production of a 2nd documentary “The Priest, the Painter and the Devil“ in 1974 and the “Shadow of the Templars“ in 1979. This last documentary was already co-researched by Michael Baigent which later led to Henry, Michael and the late Richard Leigh writing the international bestseller Holy Blood Holy Grail. The script and presentation of Shadow of the Templars, were done by Henry Lincoln. It was produced by Roy Davies for the BBC Chronicle series. A poor French village priest, Bérenger Sauniere (1852-1917) finds some ancient, coded parchments in his church, visits Paris, meets with ecclesiastical authorities and occult groups, and thereafter lives the life of a very wealthy man. The mountain top of