Description: For over 400 years the prophecies of the controversial French prophet Michel Nostradamus (1503-1566) have fascinated people because they project far into the future (3797 A. D.), 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. Leoni's volume goes far beyond filling that gap. It provides a complete and definitive study of Nostradamus, including parallel texts in English and French of all the prophecies (arranged in ten "centuries" -- collections of 100 rhymed quatrains), with complete notes and indexes, a critical biography of Nostradamus, his will and personal letters, historical background for the prophecies; a Commentary section, including the most famous -- and infamous -- interpretations; a bibliography of Nostradamus and his commentators; and much more. 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".

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