Nostradamus and His Prophecies

by Edgar Leoni

For over 400 years the prophecies of the controversial French prophet Michel Nostradamus (1503-66) have fascinated people because they project far into the future (A.D. 3797), and because they are open to countless interpretations. Until the publication of this book, however, there was no truly complete translation of the prophecies with even the minimum of scholarly apparatus required. Edgar Leoni’s comprehensive, definitive study not only fills that gap but goes far beyond.
This edition includes parallel texts in English and French of all Nostradamus’s prophecies (arranged in then "centuries," or collections of 100 rhymed quatrains). Also included are explanatory notes, a series of indexes, historical background to the prophecies, a Commentary section, including the most famous — and infamous — interpretations; a critical biography of Nostradamus, his will and personal letters, and bibliographical material on both Nostradamus and his commentators.
Reviewing Leoni’s opus in the American Historical Review, Harvard historian Crane Brinton praised the book’s "meticulous scholarship" and obvious worth to historians, adding that "it also makes surprisingly interesting reading."

Genres: New Age, Fiction, Philosophy

822 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1961

Reviews

[Laurie Stoll · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not quite sure why I read the entire book. Way too much information to just sit down and read.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very nice edition with the original French writing on one side and the English translation on the other. Nicely done. Recommended

[Denise DeRocher · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well, I sort have read this - it's kind of like reading the bible without a road map - but a serious perusal also makes evident that, like the bible, Nostradamus' "prophecies" can be applied to any situation at any time, making the "prophesy" part of this read non-prophetic at all.

[Paige · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for research reasons :)

[Rajender Sorout · Rating 4 out of 5]

मुझे पढना हे में देखना चाहता हु इस किताब के अंदर इतने समय पहले क्या क्या लिखा गया हे

[Darth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This might be the best thing ever written on the subject of Nostradamus.
It did not seem to be on one side or the other, or if anything did have a slightly skeptical lean to it - that is fine by me, so do I.

This does have a LOT of information in it. It has the Centuries / Quatrains, it has biographical info, social background on the climate or Europe and the near east politically, and so much more.
Done with an even hand but a skeptics eye, this is more in line with what a rational person might want to read than most of the other books you are likely to find on the subject.

At the end of it all, you just have to look at the subject matter and take it with a grain of salt...
OR send me a check and a self addressed stamped envelope, and I will make up, um I mean, DIVINE some really great bullsh... I mean prophecy for you. Make checks payable to the Chicago All Saints Hospital - or CASH for short :D

[L · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nostradamus - what a waste of paper!

[karthick jayaraman]

Nostradamus's original theory has been given in French and the English translation has been given side by side. If you are bored just read a page or two in a day or else it gives head ache :)

[Troy D. McElroy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Gibberish and malarky. If you can tell the future, tell it.