The Nostradamus Encyclopedia: The Definitive Reference Guide to the Work and World of Nostradamus - Softcover

The Nostradamus Encyclopedia: The Definitive Reference Guide to the Work and World of Nostradamus

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 2nd Edition. 287 pages : illustrations (some color). color maps ; 26 cm ; ISBN 9780312199944, 0312199945 ; OCLC 123097059 ; LCCN 98223000 ; LOC No BF1815.N8 L45 1997 ; Dewey 133.3/092 ; "A Thomas Dunne book." ; "Originally published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997" ; color pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; "Offers a biography of the mystic, presents and paraphrases the original French text, and summarizes major interpretations while defining and cross-referencing terms, vocabulary, and phraseology" ; "The Nostradamus Encyclopedia is at once a comprehensive introduction to the life, world, and work of the great French seer and an invaluable reference tool for the established scholar. In one volume it offers detailed biographical, historical, geographical, and cultural information (hitherto unpublished in English), reports on the most up-to-date research explaining how and why Nostradamus made his predictions, gives all the main prophecies in the original French editions, with brief English paraphrases, and summarizes the most important previous interpretations to facilitate comparative study."--BOOK JACKET ; Peter Lemesurier read languages at Cambridge and held the Associate Diploma of the Royal College or Organists. He was a musician, jet pilot, trimariner, teacher, and translator. Over the years, the focus of his interest moved from prophecy through ancient Egyptian mysteries, philosophy, and back to prophecy again. ; Book. Artikel-Nr. 008545

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