Da Vinci furore: from Code to court

THE secrets of The Da Vinci Code came in for legal scrutiny yesterday at the High Court in London, where multi-millionaire author Dan Brown confronted two historians who claim their work was plundered for his blockbuster novel.

Mr Brown’s novel has sold 40 million copies translated into 44 languages, earning him over €293 million.

Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh are suing their own publishers, Random House, alleging Mr Brown’s novel was based on their 1982 book, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail.