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by Nostradamus
Published by Penguin Classics
352p, b&w, hardcover, 6.25"x9"
$28.00
"The mysterious quatrains of the sixteenth-century French astrologer Nostradamus have long
proved captivating for their predictions. Nostradamus has been credited with anticipating
the Great Fire of London, the rise of Adolf Hitler, and the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Today, as the world grapples with financial meltdowns, global terrorism, and environmental
disasters - as well as the Mayan prediction of the apocalypse on December 12, 2012 - his
prophecies of doom have assumed heightened relevance. How has The Prophecies outlasted most books from the Renaissance? This edition
considers its legacy in terms of the poetics of the quatrains, published here in a brilliant
new translation and with introductory material and notes mapping the cultural, political,
and historical forces that resonate throughout Nostradamus's epic, giving it its visionary
power."
How has The Prophecies outlasted most books from the Renaissance? This edition considers its legacy in terms of the poetics of the quatrains, published here in a brilliant new translation and with introductory material and notes mapping the cultural, political, and historical forces that resonate throughout Nostradamus's epic, giving it its visionary power."