The Holy Grail

The Holy Grail is among the most powerful myths of the Occident. But what is it? The cup from the Last Supper, a vessel containing the blood of Jesus, a stone? In this knowledgeable and gripping account, Matthias Egeler follows the traces of the grail from Celtic myth via the Knights of the Round Table to Dan Brown. He shows how, in its long history, the grail becomes a cultural object of desire again and again.