<Li> Marie Chauvel Saint - Clair </Li> <P> The Da Vinci Code was a major success in 2003 and was outsold only by J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix . </P> <P> The book generated criticism when it was first published for inaccurate description of core aspects of Christianity and descriptions of European art, history, and architecture . The book has received mostly negative reviews from Catholic and other Christian communities . </P> <P> Many critics took issue with the level of research Brown did when writing the story . The New York Times writer Laura Miller characterized the novel as "based on a notorious hoax", "rank nonsense", and "bogus", saying the book is heavily based on the fabrications of Pierre Plantard, who is asserted to have created the Priory of Sion in 1956 . </P>

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