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Nostradamus : the evidence / Ian Wilson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Orion Media, 2002.Description: 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0752852639 :
  • 075284279X (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Review: "Ian Wilson's book is an objective biographical study of just who Michel Nostradamus was as an historical individual. It is a look at a man who lived in constant danger of arrest for heresy, yet was so widely respected even in his own lifetime that Europe's royals had him casting their dynastic horoscopes, mining magnates consulted him on where to drill their next mineshafts, and cardinals sought him out as an acclaimed physician." "Nostradamus: The Evidence places a figure squarely back in his own real world, separates the myth from the reality, whilst also examining the huge psychology that lies behind the vast industry that for centuries has become devoted to interpreting his prophecies."--BOOK JACKET.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction Non-Fiction 133.3 NOS 2 Available T00377025
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

NOSTRADAMUS: THE MAN AND THE MYTH is intended to fall into neither the pro-prophecy nor pro-sceptic category. Rather it is intended to provide what appears to be almost entirely lacking in the English language: a thoroughly serious and objective biographical study of just who Michel de Nostredame was as a historical individual. Likewise it is intended seriously to evaluate the mass psychology that lies behind the whole industry that for centuries has become devoted to interpreting his prophecies and to examine the veracity of the interpretation of his writings.

"Ian Wilson's book is an objective biographical study of just who Michel Nostradamus was as an historical individual. It is a look at a man who lived in constant danger of arrest for heresy, yet was so widely respected even in his own lifetime that Europe's royals had him casting their dynastic horoscopes, mining magnates consulted him on where to drill their next mineshafts, and cardinals sought him out as an acclaimed physician." "Nostradamus: The Evidence places a figure squarely back in his own real world, separates the myth from the reality, whilst also examining the huge psychology that lies behind the vast industry that for centuries has become devoted to interpreting his prophecies."--BOOK JACKET.

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