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Nostradamus, the Man Who Saw Through Time, by Lee McCann [1941], at sacred-texts.com


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Contents

 

 

PAGE

 

Foreword

xi

 


PART ONE

 

I.

A Prophet Is Born

3

II.

The Education of a Genius

24

III.

Personages and Politics

54

IV.

Garlands of Fame

81

V.

The Plague Returns

109

VI.

A Prophet's Eyry

138

VII.

Purpose

167

VIII.

On to Paris

194

IX.

The Court of the Valois

224

X.

Toward Familiar Country

255

 


PART TWO

 

I.

The Cycle of Valois-Navarre

293

II.

Claude De Savoie

329

III.

In the Twentieth Century

337

 

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Illustrations

Frontispiece of the edition printed in Amsterdam in 1668

Frontispiece

 

FACING PAGE

Etching made by a woman of Salon, from the portrait bust by César Nostradamus, son of the prophet

54

Through this old gate traveled Nostradamus on errands of mercy and friendship

109

King René, the minstrel-monarch of Provence

167

Blois, setting of royal splendors and tragic destinies

224

Last resting place of the older Capetian kings

255

Ronsard, who celebrated the arrival of Nostradamus at court with verses in his honor

293

 


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