"Da Vinci Code.. convoluted fantasies of a petty French fascist"

Dean Bertram: Jesus hoax born of a fascist's fantasies
March 02, 2006

"In the legal drama over Dan Brown's best-seller, The Da Vinci Code, history remains the big loser
Ron Howard's screen adaptation of The Da Vinci Code is due for release this May. Starring Tom Hanks, the buzz is that it will be capital-B big. When we watch Hanks decipher what is being billed as "the biggest cover-up in human history" it is worth remembering that he is acting out the convoluted fantasies of a petty French fascist."

Dean Bertram is a PhD candidate in the department of history at the University of Sydney.