This review is of the paperback book "The Last Gospel" by David Gibbins, a book similar to the books by Dan Brown and the other conspiracy theory authors. Gibbins has written three other fiction titles which are similar, these are "Atlantis", "Crusader Gold" and "the Tiger Warrior". I've only read the former, but it was a good adventure story, which was put together well and very readable. In basic plot terms, and without giving too much away, Jack Howard gets access to a library which has been covered up for over 2,000 years. The information that he discovers in one of those documents is of huge significance, and when ...  Read the complete review

This is the first David Gibbins book i have read , after a good review from my uncle. Unfortuantley i couldnt understand what all the excitement had been about , the story was ok , it consisted of globe trotting , politics , conspiracy and history, its hard to know why i didnt enjoy the book as these things usually do excite me , the action of the book was fast paced but it just fails to grab you. The story continually switches between the modern day and times of Jesus, which maybe happens too often to allow you to create a sense of time and immerse yourself with the characters, this leads me to my other problem. The book left me no real link with the ...  Read the complete review

As most of the populace are probably aware there are a few conspiracy books around at the momen, some popular book was published a few years alleging that Jesus had a son and I believe it sold a few copies. Seriously it spawned a whole genre of conspiracy novels in which shadowy figures are hell bent of repressing the populace and are usually hiding some deep dark secret. These novels can be poor, aweful or just plain ridiculous and thankfully this novel is more of an adventure story than a conspiracy nut novel and therefore is far more readable as a result. Whats the story? Well imagine Claudius emperor who invaded Britain didn't poison ...  Read the complete review