The Book of Love, a Song Inspired by Kathleen McGowan's Bestselling Novel

The song "The Book of Love" was inspired by Kathleen McGowan's bestselling novel of the same name. With his song, Corjan de Raaf establishes a crossover between his careers as a recording artist and his work as a researcher and publicist around the mystery of Rennes-le-Château. McGowan and De Raaf first met during an interview for Radio Rennessence and again in Bruges, Belgium, in May 2009 when the author was attending the Procession of the Holy Blood.

Corjan de Raaf & the Mystery of Rennes-le-Château

Corjan is probably best known in the international world of Mystery Hunters for his contributions to the research into the Mystery of Rennes-le-Château. The enigma around the French priest Bérenger Saunière who became rich and powerful almost overnight after he had made a mysterious discovery, has captivated audiences for decades and inspired countless books. Today, Corjan de Raaf's website RLC Research is one of the biggest and most authoritative english sites in the field. At the same time, De Raaf has published a large number of audio interviews with authors and researchers in the genre on Radio Rennessence, a mystery podcast website that he set-up with research colleagues Filip Coppens and Andrew Gough.

The Recording Artist

Corjan's career as a recording artist started in September 2005 when he was the first artist to launch a single on a USB Stick. His USB Single Dief (Thief) occupied the first place of the Dutch Legal Download Top 100 for 5 weeks. This year De Raaf finished his first full lenght album Scenes. It contains 13 Dutch language songs and an English version of the song that started it all: Thief.

Corjan De Raafon The Book of Love:

"What I read in the Book of Love simply blew me away. The Expected One was a good book but this one was formidable. Without giving away the entire plot, she pieces together the life of Mathilda of Tuscany who allegedly owned a copy of the Libro Rosso, containing a gospel written by Christ himself and given to his spouse Mary-Magdalene. (...) The book is highly recommended to anyone who likes a great story based on actual facts. The novel format Kathleen uses makes for a fantastically compelling and entertaining story that has everything a great tale needs. Love, hate, intrigue, heroes and enemies. All this against a meticulously painted historical backdrop. It grabbed me like no book had done before."

"I am very proud to say that Kathleen loves the song. She actively participated in getting the lyrics just right and is looking for ways to get it to the attention of her readers. She authorized me to use the title of her book so we could really link up our works. Needless to say that I feel enormously privileged to have been given this opportunity, being an obscure Dutch artist with an inpronouncable name (try "Coriander Wrath"and you'll be 95% there). The fact that I can link my song to the monumental work of an internationally famous writer feels quite unreal at times but when I woke up this morning it was still there so here I am."

More information, free listening and downloads of the song The Book of Love are here!