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Nostradamus The Man Behind the Prophecies by Ian Wilson Soft Cover
Nostradamus The Man Behind the Prophecies by Ian Wilson
Soft Cover
304 pages
Copyright 2007
CONTENTS
AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO 2002 EDITIONvii
ADDENDUM TO 2007 EDITIONx
INTRODUCTIONxi
CHAPTER 1 Jewish Forebears1
CHAPTER 2 Fellow-Student of Rabelais15
CHAPTER 3 'A Complete Atheist'30
CHAPTER 4 Plagued Interlude42
CHAPTER 5 Almanac Entrepreneur55
CHAPTER 6 Prophecies on the Presses 70
CHAPTER 7 A Tricky Invitation84
CHAPTER 8 Dealing in Futures100
CHAPTER 9 On Martial Field116
CHAPTER 10 Continent in Thrall134
CHAPTER 11 Seeking the Lost152
CHAPTER 12 A Satisfied Client166
CHAPTER 13 Royal Visitors180
CHAPTER 14 Matchmaker, Matchmaker196
CHAPTER 15 A Princely Horoscope208
CHAPTER 16 'A Strange Migration'219
CHAPTER 17 Gilding the Legend 233
CHAPTER 18 Prophecies Fulfilled?251
CHAPTER 19 Plaything of Propagandists 257
CHAPTER 20 His First 500 Years286
AUTHOR'S POSTSCRIPT296
Index 297
ON THE BACK COVER
FOR OVER FIVE CENTURIES, NOSTRADAMUS has enjoyed an unrivaled reputation for his claimed abilities to predict the futurefrom the Great Fire of London to the rise of Adolf Hitler to the attack on the World Trade Center. In this definitive biography, Oxford-educated bestselling historian Ian Wilson has turned to the seer's little-known private letters to reveal fascinating new details about his career, from his remedies for the Black Plague to his ambitious matrimonial matchmaking for France's King Charles IX. Objective and in depth, Nostradamus extracts the facts and exposes the man behind the legend for the first time. It reveals a complex, family-loving individual who in his own lifetime influenced powerful political figures far removed from his home base in France, and who has continued to command a reputation as a prophet second to none.
IAN WILSON has a degree in history from Oxford University and is the author of the highly acclaimed bestsellers The Turin Shroud, The Blood and the Shroud, and Jesus: The Evidence. His most recent book is Murder at Golgotha. Wilson was recently featured as an expert in the History Channel's 2007 documentary on Nostradamus. He lives in Queensland, Australia.
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