Sauniere's Model and the Secret of Rennes-Le-Chateau: The Priest's Final Legacy that Unveils the Location of his Terrifying Discovery

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Summary: People with grudges...
Review: I am the publisher of this book and whereas we all invite criticism of a book, the criticism levelled by "a reader" in Los Angeles California, is actually the criticism of one Timothy Carmain, whose antics are discussed on www.perillos.com/journal01.html. Mr. Carmain is trying to lay claim on the title of "Count of Perillos" and Mr. Douzet has repeatedly shown that this title is not Mr. Carmain's (a local family has that title, but does not use it).



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Review: I found the purpose of this book difficult to comprehend - I still have no idea just what it is that Douzet expects readers to come away with. Douzet goes to great lengths to persuade readers that a topographical model, one of a set of two models showing excavations of the site of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, is actually a model of the area near the ruined village of Perillos in France. The trouble is, it bears no physical resemblance whatsoever to the topography around Perillos when compared to IGN maps. Also, the mate to the model, long held in the possession of the late Biblical archaeologist Monsignor Enrico Galbiati, is known to archaeologists, and is unquestionably that of the excavations of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Douzet fails to explain adequately why a matched set of models - before and after views of a well-known excavation site - are in fact two separate places on different continents. In addition, Douzet's account of the history of the Perillos family is sorely lacking in authenticity. A descendant of the family, known to Douzet's publisher, tried working with Douzet to make some sense out of the theories, but gave up in frustration, citing Douzet's inability to comprehend simple historical points and unwilling to part with hypotheses that were at odds with historical records. Douzet is similarly unclear about what "secrets" Perillos holds. He has, at various times, claimed the ghost town as the secret burial place of both Jesus Christ and Joseph of Arimathea, and most recently of the Order of Malta Grand Master Ramon Perellos Roccafull - whose marble sarcophagus, a well-known masterpiece of Baroque sculpture, lies in the Cathedral of the Order in Valetta, Malta. I found this book poorly researched, poorly footnoted, and really difficult to read. I still don't understand the point of it.