This essay was written by Professor Teodolinda Barolini as an original contribution to SECRETS OF INFERNO: In the Footsteps of Dante and Dan Brown by Dan Burstein and Arne de Keijzer, published by The Story Plant (http://www.thestoryplant.com/) and available in September, 2013 electronically and in bookstores everywhere. Editions of SECRETS OF INFERNO are planned in several European languages and Japanese.
Dante and Dan Brown, Teodolinda Barolini