Nostradamus
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Nostradamus

The Man Behind the Prophecies, a Biography

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Nostradamus

The Man Behind the Prophecies, a Biography

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

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Contents
  5. Picture Credits
  6. Author’s Preface to 2002 Edition
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1: Jewish Forebears
  9. Chapter 2: Fellow-Student of Rabelais
  10. Chapter 3: ā€˜A Complete Atheist’
  11. Chapter 4: Plagued Interlude
  12. Chapter 5: Almanac Entrepreneur
  13. Chapter 6: Prophecies on the Presses
  14. Chapter 7: A Tricky Invitation
  15. Chapter 8: Dealing in Futures
  16. Chapter 9: On Martial Field
  17. Chapter 10: Continent in Thrall
  18. Chapter 11: Seeking the Lost
  19. Chapter 12: A Satisfied Client
  20. Chapter 13: Royal Visitors
  21. Chapter 14: Matchmaker, Matchmaker
  22. Chapter 15: A Princely Horoscope
  23. Chapter 16: ā€˜A Strange Migration’
  24. Chapter 17: Gilding the Legend
  25. Chapter 18: Prophecies Fulfilled?
  26. Chapter 19: Plaything of Propagandists
  27. Chapter 20: His First 500 Years
  28. Notes
  29. Author’s Postscript
  30. Index
  31. Also by Ian Wilson
  32. Praise for Ian Wilson
  33. Copyright