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Sources

• Carlin, Dan. "Paris Locales Clue In ‘Da Vinci’ Devotees." The Arizona Republic. September 26, 2004.
• Corliss, Richard. "Can a Thriller Be Both Fair and Fun?" Time. April 24, 2006.
• Lacy, Norris J. "The Da Vinci Code: Dan Brown and the Grail that Never Was." Authuriana. 2004.
  http://www.smu.edu/arthuriana/lacy.pdf
• The Louvre
  http://www.louvre.fr
• Lovgren, Stefan. "Warping Mona Lisa Nothing to Smile About, Experts Say." National Geographic. April 30, 2004.
• Ritz Paris
  http://www.ritz.com/home_ritz/home_ritz.asp?show_all=1
• Paris road map
  http://www.hot-maps.de/europe/france/paris/homeen.html
• "Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, Wife of Francesco del Giocondo." Louvre.
  http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/detail_notice.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=
  10134198673226503&CURRENT_
  LLV_NOTICE%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673226503&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=
  9852723696500816&bmUID
  =1145977971184&bmLocale=en
• Travel Journal
  http://www.mike-reed.com/TravelJournal.htm
• Van Biema, David. "The Ways of Opus Dei." Time. April 24, 2006.
• "Westminster Abbey Counters Da Vinci Code." Guardian Unlimited. May 31, 2005.
  http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1496206,00.html