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The text states the fictional nature of characters and events and provides catalog and copyright information. It also includes a “Fact” section describing the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei, followed by the opening “Prologue” set at the Louvre, introducing curator Jacques Saunière and an unfolding threat at 10:46 P.M.","PUBLISHED BY DOUBLEDAY  \na division of Random House, Inc.  \n1745 Broadway, New York, New York  \nDOUBLEDAY and the portrayal of an anchor with a dolphin are trademarks of Doubleday, a  \ndivision of Random House, Inc.  \nAll of the characters and events in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual  \npersons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.  \nThe cataloging-in-publication data is on file with the Library of Congress.  \nCopyright © 2003 by Dan Brown  \nAll Rights Reserved  \nApril 2003  \neISBN: 978-0-385-50421-8  \nv3 .0_r1  \nFOR BLYTHE   AGAIN. MORE THAN EVER.  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nFirst and foremost, to my friend and editor, Jason Kaufman, for working so hard on this project and for truly understanding what this book is all about. And to the incomparable Heide Lange—tireless champion of The Da Vinci Code, agent extraordinaire, and trusted friend.  \nI cannot fully express my gratitude to the exceptional team at Doubleday, for their generosity, faith, and superb guidance. Thankyou especially to Bill Thomas and Steve Rubin, who believed in this book from the start. My thanks also to the initial core of early inhouse supporters, headed by Michael Palgon, Suzanne Herz, Janelle Moburg, Jackie Everly, and Adrienne Sparks, as well as to the talented people of Doubleday's sales force .  \nFor their generous assistance in the research of the book, I would like to acknowledge the Louvre Museum, the French Ministry of Culture, Project Gutenberg, Bibliothèque Nationale, the Gnostic Society Library, the Department of Paintings Study and Documentation Service at the Louvre, Catholic World News, Royal Observatory Greenwich, London Record Society, the Muniment Collection at Westminster Abbey, John Pike and the Federation of American Scientists, and the five members of Opus Dei (three active, two former) who recounted their stories, both positive and negative, regarding their experiences inside Opus Dei.  \nMy gratitude also to Water Street Bookstore for tracking down so many of my research books, my father Richard Brown—mathematics teacher and author—for his assistance with the Divine Proportion and the Fibonacci Sequence, Stan Planton, Sylvie Baudeloque, Peter McGuigan, Francis McInerney, Margie Wachtel, Andre Vernet, Ken Kelleher at Anchorball Web Media, Cara Sottak, Karyn Popham, Esther Sung, Miriam Abramowitz, William Tunstall-Pedoe, and Griffin Wooden Brown .  \nAnd finally, in a novel drawing so heavily on the sacred feminine, I would be remiss if I did not mention the two extraordinary women who have touched my life . First, my mother, Connie Brown—fellow scribe, nurturer, musician, and role model. 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