Da Vinci Code case continues

American Dan Brown, one of the highest paid authors in history, faced a High Court claim today that the central theme of his blockbuster novel, The Da Vinci Code, was copied from an earlier work.

Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh are suing their own publishers, Random House, claiming the internationally successful ovel lifts from their 1982 book, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail (HBHG), itself a best seller.