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1、TheDaVinciCodeDanBrownFORBLYTHE...AGAIN.MORETHANEVER.AcknowledgmentsFirstandforemost,tomyfriendandeditor,JasonKaufman,forworkingsohardonthisprojectandfortrulyunderstandingwhatthisbookisallabout.AndtotheincomparableHeideLange—tirelesschampionofTheDaVinciCo
2、de,agentextraordinaire,andtrustedfriend.IcannotfullyexpressmygratitudetotheexceptionalteamatDoubleday,fortheirgenerosity,faith,andsuperbguidance.ThankyouespeciallytoBillThomasandSteveRubin,whobelievedinthisbookfromthestart.Mythanksalsototheinitialcoreofea
3、rlyin-housesupporters,headedbyMichaelPalgon,SuzanneHerz,JanelleMoburg,JackieEverly,andAdrienneSparks,aswellastothetalentedpeopleofDoubleday'ssalesforce.Fortheirgenerousassistanceintheresearchofthebook,IwouldliketoacknowledgetheLouvreMuseum,theFrenchMinist
4、ryofCulture,ProjectGutenberg,BibliothèqueNationale,theGnosticSocietyLibrary,theDepartmentofPaintingsStudyandDocumentationServiceattheLouvre,CatholicWorldNews,RoyalObservatoryGreenwich,LondonRecordSociety,theMunimentCollectionatWestminsterAbbey,JohnPikeand
5、theFederationofAmericanScientists,andthefivemembersofOpusDei(threeactive,twoformer)whorecountedtheirstories,bothpositiveandnegative,regardingtheirexperiencesinsideOpusDei.MygratitudealsotoWaterStreetBookstorefortrackingdownsomanyofmyresearchbooks,myfather
6、RichardBrown—mathematicsteacherandauthor—forhisassistancewiththeDivineProportionandtheFibonacciSequence,StanPlanton,SylvieBaudeloque,PeterMcGuigan,FrancisMcInerney,MargieWachtel,AndréVernet,KenKelleheratAnchorballWebMedia,CaraSottak,KarynPopham,EstherSung
7、,MiriamAbramowitz,WilliamTunstall-Pedoe,andGriffinWoodenBrown.Andfinally,inanoveldrawingsoheavilyonthesacredfeminine,IwouldberemissifIdidnotmentionthetwoextraordinarywomenwhohavetouchedmylife.First,mymother,ConnieBrown—fellowscribe,nurturer,musician,andro
8、lemodel.Andmywife,Blythe—arthistorian,painter,front-lineeditor,andwithoutadoubtthemostastonishinglytalentedwomanIhaveeverknown.FACT:ThePrioryofSion—aEuropeansecretsocietyfoundedin1099—isarealorganization.In1975Paris