Insatiable (47 page)

Author’s Note

A
ll of the details about the life of Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Dracula) mentioned in this book—including the suicide by drowning in the Princess’s River of his first wife; the lack of knowledge of the whereabouts of his remains; and the fact that Bram Stoker borrowed his last name for the title of his classic novel—are historically accurate.

T
HE
P
ALATINE
G
UARD WAS
an actual military unit of the Vatican, formed in 1850 to defend Rome against attack from foreign invaders. Today the Palatine Guard is listed in most encyclopedias and search engines as defunct.

T
HE CHURCH LOCATED ON
154 Sullivan Street in New York City is called the Shrine Church of St. Anthony of Padua, not the Shrine of St. Clare. St. Anthony’s really is, however, staffed by Franciscan friars. St. Clare, one of the first followers of St. Francis of Assisi, founded the Order of Poor Ladies, better known today as the Poor Clares.

S
T
. C
LARE WAS DESIGNATED
as the patron saint of television in 1958 by Pope Pius XII.

S
T
. M
ICHAEL THE
A
RCHANGEL
, St. Joan of Arc, and St. George are the patron saints of the military.

T
RAGICALLY, THERE IS NO
longer a cathedral located on East Seventy-eighth Street.

T
HERE ARE SO MANY
people to whom I owe a huge debt of thanks for their help and support while I was writing this book that if I listed all their names, the list would be longer than the book itself. So I’ll just
settle for saying thank you all so much! Extra special thanks go to Beth Ader, Jennifer Brown, Barbara Cabot, Benjamin Egnatz, Carrie Feron, Michele Jaffe, Laura Langlie, and Abigail McAden.

A
N EXTRA-SPECIAL THANKS, TOO
, to all my readers.

M
EG
C
ABOT

About the Author

MEG CABOT
was born in Bloomington, Indiana. In addition to writing adult contemporary fiction, she is the author of the bestselling young adult fiction series The Princess Diaries. She lives in Key West, Florida, with her husband.

www.megcabot.com

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Queen of Babble series

Heather Wells series

The Boy series

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The Mediator series

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All-American Girl series

Nicola and the Viscount

Victoria and the Rogue

Jinx

How to Be Popular

Pants on Fire

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The Airhead series

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Credits

Jacket design by Mumtaz Mustafa

Jacket illustration by Ricky Mujica

Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity, and are used fictitiously. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real.

INSATIABLE
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