The Dan Brown Enigma (33 page)

[127]
 
This information about his research comes from another online interview he did that appeared on
Beliefnet.
com that can be found in the entertainment and movies section of their website at
www.beliefnet.com

[128]
 
See Lisa Rogak’s book, pp 90-91

[129]
 
See Brown’s detailed
Witness Statement
for the High Court, The Da Vinci Code section

[130]
 
Taken from the High Court
Witness Statement
paragraph 82

[131]
 
The information in this paragraph regarding the codes and the accuracy of the locations, paintings and so on is taken from Brown’s High Court
Witness Statement.

[132]
 
Good Morning America
, NBC TV interview Brown did with Matt Lauer, March 2004

[133]
 
The quote and the information in this paragraph and the preceding one come from
Table Talk, An Interview With Dan Brown
, by Bill Ewing, published in the
Exeter Phillips Journal

[134]
 
IBID

[135]
 
Dan Brown,
The Man Behind The Da Vinci Code: An Unauthorized Biography
, by Lisa Rogak, pp 95-96

[136]
 
The Witness Statement, The Da Vinci Code
section, paragraph 125

[137]
 
New Statesman Man Of The Year
– Dan Brown, by Jason Cowley, published to the
New Statesman
web pages on 13 December 2004

[138]
 
IBID

[139]
 
NBC
Today
Programme with Matt Lauer, published on the
Transworld
website under
Dan Brown
at booksattransworld.co.uk

[140]
 
The facts here are from Lisa Rogak’s
The Man Behind The Da Vinci Code: An Unauthorized Biography
, pp 98-99

[141]
 
Entertainment Weekly
, Dan Brown interview by George Kirschling, published to the EW website on 24 March 2006

[142]
 
See Lisa Rogak’s book, pp 99-100

[143]
 
Matt Lauer Interviews with Dan Brown, published to the
Today Show
web pages, 15 September 2009

[144]
 
Entertainment Weekly
Interview with Dan Brown by George Kirschling

[145]
 
Good Morning America
, ABC TV, hosted by Charles Gibson with Dan Brown, aired November 2003 and Rogak says the contest was set up between
Good Morning America
and Doubleday

[146]
 
The
Today Show
, The Matt Lauer Interviews with Dan Brown

[147]
 
IBID

[148]
 
The information in this paragraph is from Lisa Rogak’s book, p. 102

[149]
 
Dan Brown: Indiana Jones meets Joseph Campbell
, by Craig McDonald,
Art in The Blood
, published by Wildside Press, 2006, p. 131

[150]
 
See the
Entertainment Weekly
online interview with Dan Brown

[151]
 
This quote and the preceding one are from the
Entertainment Weekly
online interview

[152]
 
See Craig McDonald’s interview,
Dan Brown, Indiana Jones meets Joseph Campbell
p. 105

[153]
 
IBID p. 137

[154]
 
This quote and the preceding one comes from the Craig McDonald interview with Brown

[155]
 
See Craig McDonald’s interview with Dan Brown p. 131

[156]
 
Secrets of the Code, The Case Of The Purloined Plot
, An Interview with Lewis Perdue, by Dan Burstein, published by CDS Books, 2006 p. 443

[157]
 
IBID

[158]
 
This quote and the preceding quotes are from the
Secrets of the Code, The Case of The Purloined Plot

[159]
 
IBID

[160]
 
IBID p. 448

[161]
 
The Matt Lauer Interviews, with Dan Brown

[162]
 
Secrets Of The Code, The Dan Brown Revelations
, by David A. Shugarts, edited by Dan Burstein, p. 382

[163]
 
Secrets Of The Code, The Vatican Code
, by Maureen Dowd, edited by Dan Burstein, p. 416

[164]
 
See the
Secrets Of The Code, The Cardinal and The Code
, by Dan Burstein, p. 425

[165]
 
IBID p. 427

[166]
 
See David A. Shugarts piece,
The Dan Brown Revelations in Secrets Of The Code
edited by Dan Burstein, p. 382

[167]
 
See Burstein’s
Secrets Of The Code, The Cardinal and The Code
, p. 428

[168]
 
IBID p. 429

[169]
 
See Dowd’s
The Vatican Code
, in
Secrets Of The Code, The Vatican Code
p. 417

[170]
 
This quote comes from the Wikipedia entry on
The Da Vinci Code,
October 2010, and while it is generally understood that the Wikipedia entries may not be reliable the entries for Brown and his books are backed up by many, many references and so must be taken seriously.

[171]
 
Monsignor Francis J. Maniscalco, of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, wrote this in his Introduction on the
Jesus Decoded
web site

[172]
 
See David A. Shugarts,
The Dan Brown Revelations
, published in
Secrets Of The Code
, p. 381

[173]
 
See the introduction by Monsignor Francis J Maniscalco on the
Jesus Decoded
web pages

[174]
 
IBID

[175]
 
History vs The Da Vinci Code
, by Tim O’Neil, published to the internet in 2006 at historyversusthedavincicode.com

[176]
 
Cracking The Da Vinci Code
, published by
Catholic Answers
, to catholic.com 2004

[177]
 
The Dan Brown Companion
, by Simon Cox, published by Mainstream Publishing, 2006 p. 48

[178]
 
See
The Dan Brown Companion
by Simon Cox, pp 48

[179]
 
The Priory of Sion
in
The Da Vinci Code
, published in the
Priory of Sion
entry on Wikipedia

[180]
 
This quote and the information and quotes in the preceding paragraph are from the Wikipedia entry on
The Priory of Sion
in
The Da Vinci Code.

[181]
 
See Brown’s
Witness Statement,
paragraph 206

[182]
 
See
Cracking The Da Vinci Code
, published by
Catholic Answers
, 2004,
http://www.catholic
. com/library/cracking_da_vinci_code.asp

[183]
 
This quote and the preceding one are in the Wikipedia entry,
The Priory of Sion
in
The Da Vinci Code

[184]
 
See
The Da Vinci Code
Wikipedia entry on the inaccuracies in the novel

[185]
 
A response to
The Da Vinci Code
from the
Prelature of Opus Dei in the United States,
16 November 2006

[186]
 
Paragraphs 117 and 118 of Brown’s
Witness Statement

[187]
 
Page 134 of
The Da Vinci Code

[188]
 
Tim O’Neil provides excellent information on Constantine’s bible on his site,
History vs. The Da Vinci Code,

[189]
 
This entire passage was taken from Brown’s talk at the Capitol Centre, for the New Hampshire Writer’s Project , on the 18 May 2004

[190]
 
See
The Witness Statement
, paragraphs 204-205

[191]
 
See paragraph 209 of Brown’s
Witness Statement,
in
The Da Vinci Code
section

[192]
 
In paragraph 211 of
The Witness Statement
Brown says he used these three books,
The Templar Revelation
(Picknett & Prince) (Chapter 53);
The Woman with the Alabaster Jar
(Starbird) (Chapter 59); and
The Goddess in the Gospels
(Starbird) (Chapter 58)

[193]
 
It must be remembered that Brown wrote his witness statement based on what he could remember were his reasons for using
The Holy Blood, The Holy Grail
, some two years earlier when he was writing
The Da Vinci Code.
Despite he and Blythe spending several months refreshing their memories before the court case Brown qualifies many passages in the statement as being what he could remember

[194]
 
Da Vinci Publisher in Court Case
, BBC News, published 21 October 2005

[195]
 
IBID

[196]
 
Date Set For Da Vinci Court Case
, BBC News web pages, published 27 October 2005

[197]
 
Authors Claim Brown ‘Stole Da Vinci Code Plot’
, by Richard Alleyne, published in the
Daily Telegraph
, 28 February 2006

[198]
 
See Alleyne’s article,
Authors Claim Brown ‘Stole Da Vinci Code Plot’

[199]
 
Da Vinci Code Case Increases Book Sales
, published on the
Mail Online
, 09 March 2006

[200]
 
IBID

[201]
 
A Test Of Faith
, by Maev Kennedy, published in the G2 section of
The Guardian
, 17 May 2006 and to
The Guardian
website, guardian.co.uk the same day

[202]
 
IBID

[203]
 
Da Vinci Code Challenger Copies
, BBC News, published 10 March 2006 to the BBC News web pages

[204]
 
All Things Considered
, broadcast on National Public Radio®. in America. The information is from a transcript of the show in 2006 hosted by Robert Siegel who interviewed
Bookseller
reporter Katherine Rushton covering the trial in London

[205]
 
IBID

[206]
 
Rushton reported these sales figures during the plagiarism trial to Robert Siegel, hosting the National Public Radio® show,
All Things Considered
, broadcast around March - April 2006

[207]
 
Both quotes come from
Da Vinci Code Author Scorns Copy Claim
, published by BBC News, 13 March 2006

[208]
 
IBID

[209]
 
See
All Things Considered
, broadcast on National Public Radio®. in America. The information is from a transcript of the show in 2006 hosted by Robert Siegel who interviewed
Bookseller
reporter Katherine Rushton covering the trial in London

[210]
 
Expectations Dashed By Legal Reality
, by David Sillito, published to BBC News web pages on 13 March 2006

[211]
 
IBID

[212]
 
I Did Not Lie, Says Code Author
, published by BBC News web pages, 14 March 2006

[213]
 
This conversation comes from the BBC News online article,
I Did Not Lie, Says Code Author
, published to the web on 14 March 2006

[214]
 
Brown Duels In Court
, by Kevin Sullivan, published in the
Washington Post
and on the web pages of the newspaper on Wednesday 15 March 2006

[215]
 
See Sullivan’s article,
Brown Duels In Court
, published to the
Washington Post
web pages, 15 March 2006

[216]
 
Da Vinci Copy Claim In Tatters
, published by BBC News, 17 March 2006

[217]
 
IBID

[218]
 
IBID

[219]
 
Brown Wins Da Vinci Code Plagiarism Battle
, by Cahal Milmo, published in the
Independent
, 8 April 2006

[220]
 
IBID

[221]
 
IBID

[222]
 
Dan Brown Wins The Da Vinci Code Copyright Case
, published to the
Mirror
Celeb News pages on 29 March 2007

[223]
 
Librarian Comments on Da Vinci Lawsuit
, published by the
Associated Press
in 2006

[224]
 
Da Vinci In New Plagiarism Claim
, published on the BBC News web pages on 14 April 2006

[225]
 
Brown Plays Down Code Controversy
, published on BBC News online pages, 24 April 2006

[226]
 
The Da Vinci Formula, The Da Vinci Code formula for success
, published February 2006 at storyline-features.co.uk

[227]
 
See the Wikipedia entry,
The Da Vinci Code
, 21 October 2010, at wikipedia.org