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Author Dan Brown attended a London court recently where two historians were accusing him of copying their ideas in his best-selling religious novel The Da Vinci Code.

Richard Leigh and Michael Baigent are suing（控告）Brown’s British publisher. Random House ,for lifting “all of the content” of the research that went into their 1982’s non-fiction book . The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail.

Brown’s book has more than 36 million copies in print worldwide and has upset Catholics（天主教徒）for suggesting that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and that he had a child with her . The same theory is put forward in The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail.

That storyline is part of the “central theme” which Baigent and Leigh say was stolen by Brown.

The presiding judge pointed out that in the Internet it was difficult for researchers to know the source of the material they were reading ,and he questioned exactly what the central theme of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail was.

Jonathan James, representing the historians at London’s High Court ,had a different opinion: “If you are researching, it is up to you to know what source you are looking at.”

He said US writer Brown had used the book , which was also published by Random House and was a best-seller ,not only as a source but also as “an essential point of reference”.

Commentators have pointed out that a major character in 41-year-old Brown’s book, Sir Leigh Teabing ,has a name that is an anagram（变位词）of Leigh and Baigent. A third author of the 1982’s book ,Henry Lincoln, has decided to stay out of the action.

Lawyers on both sides of the case have refused to comment on how the trial might affect sales of the record-breaking novel.

Last August ,Brown won a court ruling against another writer, Lewis Perdue ,who claimed The Da Vinci Code copied parts of two of his novels ,Daughter of God and The Da Vinci Legacy.

1．Who is NOT among the people accusing Brown of copying their ideas?

A．Lewis Perdue B．Henry Lincoln

C．Richard Leigh D．Michael Baigent

2．The Da Vinci Code is the following EXCEPT .

A．popular B．harmony-creating C．religious D．trouble-making

3．It can be inferred from the passage that .

A．Brown has stolen a famous novel written by historians

B．The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail was written by at most two authors

C．The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail upset Catholics

D．Brown will attend a third court in the near future

4．According to the passage ,which is NOT true?

A．The four books mentioned in the passage may have similar stories.