Dante's Key

by G. L. Baron

  If you are interested in exploring this theme in further depth, at the end of this note, in any case, I have included some links to websites that will give you some ideas.

  One last point, before you turn the final digital or paper pages. Maybe some of you are wondering what exactly are the Books of the Seers, found by Cassini. Well, I would like to answer and I will, but a complete discussion of the subject deserves a separate book… Continue to follow me, who knows, perhaps it might be my next novel.

  I conclude by thanking all who have helped me in the drafting of the book, supplying me with archaeological, artistic, astronomical, technical, scientific and medical information. In rigorous alphabetical order I have to thank: Cristina Aicardi, Oscar Alicicco, Francesco Azzarello, Leopoldo Benacchio, Andrea Campane, Christian Capovilla, Daniele Cassinelli, Massimiliano Comparin, Giorgia di Tolle, the department of Astronomy at the University of Padua, Pasquale Fedele, Fausto Fiore, Daniele Gasparri, Angelo Leto Barone, Carmelo Pulvirenti, Claudio Ramasaco Volpon, Martin Rua, Giuseppe Scaffidi Dominanello, Ruggero Stagni, Carla Tocchetti.

  Naturally, I thank Raphael Avanzini who spurred me on to find new narrative horizons, and Newton Compton; my editor, Alessandra Penna, whose skilful hand helped make the book become exactly the way you read it, and my agent Roberta Oliva who, along with Silvia Arienti, believed in this novel from the beginning.

  A final thanks to my wife Elena, my first and priceless proofreader, and obviously Giancarlo Gianazza, always so polite and available for answering all my questions… even the most trivial!

  I conclude by saying that all mistakes found in the book are mine.

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  3 G. Gianazza, G. F. Freguglia, I Custodi del Messaggio, Sperling & Kupfer, Milano 2006.

  For Further Research

  Brain Control

  http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v467/n7319/full/nature09510.html

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11635625

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_recording_and_reproduction_ device

  http://salute24.ilsole24ore.com/articles/11712-registrare-i-sogni-e-possi-bile-con-il-computer-si-ricreano-i-pensieri

  http://www.liquidweb.it/it/bci http://www.emotiv.com

  Biological Chips

  http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v12/n5/full/nmat3569.html

  http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=128412&CultureC ode=en

  http://www.nextme.it/tecnologia/biotecnologie/5589-microchip-cnr- neuroni

  Ultrasound Hard Disc and DNA filaments

  http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2013/feb/researchers-invent-“acoustic-assisted”-magnetic-information-storage

  http://www.technologyreview.com/news/510246/why-dna-will-someday-replace-the-hard-drive/

  http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tecnologie/2012-08-18/primo-hard-disk-genetico-132223.shtml?uuid=AbZYHCQG

  http://daily.wired.it/news/scienza/2013/01/24/archivio-dna-27239.html

  Bibliography

  D. Alighieri, Divina Commedia, Newton Compton, Roma 2010

  M. Alinei, Il sorriso della Gioconda, Il Mulino, Bologna 2006

  M. Ariani, La metafora in Dante, Olschki, Firenze 2012

  C. Caneva, La primavera di Sandro Botticelli, Tea, Milano 1998

  D. Casini, Il segreto di Botticelli, Mgs Press, Trieste 2010

  C. Discepolo, Le effemeridi dal 2000 al 2050, Armenia, Milano 1999

  F. Fioretti, Il libro segreto di Dante. Il codice nascosto della Divina Commedia, Newton Compton, Roma 2011

  G. Gianazza, G. F. Freguglia, I custodi del messaggio, Sperling & Kupfer, Milano 2006

  E. Jacobsen, Allegoria della primavera di Sandro Botticelli. Saggio di una nuova interpretazione, Tip. dell’Unione Cooperativa Editrice, Roma 1896

  J. Johanneson, M. Finnbogason and K. Eldjam, Sturlunga Saga, Sturlunguutgafan, Reykjavik 1946, vol. I

  R. John, Dante templare. Una nuova interpretazione della Commedia, Hoepli, Milano 1991

  H. lincoln, E. Haagensen, L’isola segreta dei Templari. Alla ricerca del tesoro perduto, Newton Compton, Roma 2002

  P. C. Marani, B. P. Brambilla, Leonardo. L’Ultima Cena, Mondadori, Milano, 1999

  E. Palsson, The Roots of Icelandic Culture, Mimir, Reykjavik p. 1969-85

  P. Read, La vera storia dei Templari, Newton Compton, Roma 2011

  J. Rollins, L’eredità di Dio, Casa Editrice Nord, Milano 2012

  O. Wirth, Il simbolismo astrologico, Brancato, Catania 1991

  About G.L. Baron

  G.L. BARON has a law degree and a passion for economics. He works for the municipal council of Varese in Italy and in his free time he plays bass in a heavy metal band. In 2013 he published Dante’s Key and several other titles. The translation rights to his books have been sold in Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries.

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  First published in Italy in 2015 by Newton Compton

  This eBook edition first published in the UK in 2016 by Aria, an imprint of Head of Zeus Ltd

  Copyright © G.L. Baron, 2016

  Translation © Chloé Ercoli Bannister, 2016

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  This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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