tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238687646691798567.post5625001879812222419..comments2023-10-29T14:22:49.848+00:00Comments on Birkhall's Miscellany: Recently Read: Angels and Demons - Dan BrownNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00259908620359054438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238687646691798567.post-90539160453857748102013-01-14T14:55:11.544+00:002013-01-14T14:55:11.544+00:00Yes, I think you are right. The popular style, reg...Yes, I think you are right. The popular style, regardless of what is fiction or fact in these novels, has presented these ideas and aroused the curiosity of people who wouldn't have come across some of the sources of the ideas. I saw this in action a few years back when asked by the Workers Educational Association to help a group of adult learners set up a bookclub in a village outside Darlington. It was the Da Vinci Code that had motivated them to start the village bookclub and that was the first book they chose to read and discuss! In their first session they noted some of his sources as follow on reading for those who wanted to learn more.Trev Teasdelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02904810804726556223noreply@blogger.com