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Nostradamus: The Man Who Saw Through Time (Forgotten Books) by Lee McCann is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Book Description: "Interest in Nostradamus goes through cycles, usually coinciding with periods of uncertainty and conflict. At the beginning of World War II people turned to Nostradamus for clues as to how and when that conflict would be resolved, and to look for indications that somehow he had prophesized it. Some used Nostradamus for propaganda, or profit, or publicity. Of course, this was also the case after the attacks of September 11th, 2001.This book, published in the early days of World War II, is partially a biography of Nostradamus, partially a historical novelization of incidents in his life, and an attempt to associate his predictions with historical and future events. McCann is at his best in the former parts of the book. He immerses us in the life and times of Nostradamus. Although many of the episodes are fictionalized, they make pleasant reading and appear to be historically accurate. The attempts to match Notradamus' predictions with historical events of the rennaissance are for the most part very well reasoned, and range from plausible to 'hmmm...'.The book concludes with a rather long section bearing on events of the twentieth century. This part feels tacked on,

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Author

Lee McCann

Publisher

Forgotten Books

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781605065083

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, Spirituality