Contents
Contents
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| Foreword | |
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| I. | A Prophet Is Born | |
| II. | The Education of a Genius | |
| III. | Personages and Politics | |
| IV. | Garlands of Fame | |
| V. | The Plague Returns | |
| VI. | A Prophet's Eyry | |
| VII. | Purpose | |
| VIII. | On to Paris | |
| IX. | The Court of the Valois | |
| X. | Toward Familiar Country | |
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| I. | The Cycle of Valois-Navarre | |
| II. | Claude De Savoie | |
| III. | In the Twentieth Century |
Illustrations
| Frontispiece of the edition printed in Amsterdam in 1668 | |
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| FACING PAGE |
| Etching made by a woman of Salon, from the portrait bust by César Nostradamus, son of the prophet | |
| Through this old gate traveled Nostradamus on errands of mercy and friendship | |
| King René, the minstrel-monarch of Provence | |
| Blois, setting of royal splendors and tragic destinies | |
| Last resting place of the older Capetian kings | |
| Ronsard, who celebrated the arrival of Nostradamus at court with verses in his honor |