
- 352 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
For the last 500 years the predictions of sixteenth-century physician and prophet Michel de Nostredame, better known as Nostradamus, have been endlessly interpreted. Scholars and skeptics have hotly debated whether the 946 "quatrains" he wrote foretold everything from the discovery of electricity to the birth of Adolph Hitler, the death of Princess Diana and the attack on the World Trade Center.
But while much has been written about Nostradamus's predictions and their validity, little is known of the man. This definitive biography by bestselling historian Ian Wilson reveals the man behind the legend for the first time. Tracing Nostradamus's life from his early years to his skillful treatment of Black Plague sufferers, his flight from agents of the Spanish Inquisition, and his career as an advisor to the king of France, Nostradamus separates fact from fiction and reveals a complex figure who, whether or not he could see future events, was indelibly marked by those of his own time.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Contents
- Picture Credits
- Authorās Preface to 2002 Edition
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Jewish Forebears
- Chapter 2: Fellow-Student of Rabelais
- Chapter 3: āA Complete Atheistā
- Chapter 4: Plagued Interlude
- Chapter 5: Almanac Entrepreneur
- Chapter 6: Prophecies on the Presses
- Chapter 7: A Tricky Invitation
- Chapter 8: Dealing in Futures
- Chapter 9: On Martial Field
- Chapter 10: Continent in Thrall
- Chapter 11: Seeking the Lost
- Chapter 12: A Satisfied Client
- Chapter 13: Royal Visitors
- Chapter 14: Matchmaker, Matchmaker
- Chapter 15: A Princely Horoscope
- Chapter 16: āA Strange Migrationā
- Chapter 17: Gilding the Legend
- Chapter 18: Prophecies Fulfilled?
- Chapter 19: Plaything of Propagandists
- Chapter 20: His First 500 Years
- Notes
- Authorās Postscript
- Index
- Also by Ian Wilson
- Praise for Ian Wilson
- Copyright