ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Once again, heartfelt thanks are due to my incomparable team of expert advisors: John Padberg, S.J.; Patricia Ranum; and Catherine Turocy. All three take me beyond my own research, telling me things I didn’t know—and correcting what I mistakenly thought I did know! Thanks, as always, to the enthusiastic and sharp-eyed early reading team, and to all the people at Berkley who turn what I give them into a book—especially my editor, Shannon Jamieson-Vazquez, and the artists who create such beautiful covers.