{"product_id":"9781908691972","title":"Nostradamus, Prophet of Provence: The Novelised Biography","description":"'Nostradamus, Prophet of Provence' is a uniquely comprehensive critical biography of the famous French seer by Peter Lemesurier, widely regarded as the world's leading English-language Nostradamus specialist.\u003cp\u003eStretching from the prophet's youth to his death, it takes the form of a historical novel comprising a series of imaginative cameos, with the author acting as a kind of 'Devil's Advocate' against whom Nostradamus himself constantly argues, assuming him to be some kind of visionary 'demon'. The book consequently contains many little-known insights into the seer's aims, activities and working methods, and shows him struggling with the need to establish himself as a 'doctor', 'astrologer' and 'prophet' amid the swirling challenges of plague, famine, war, death, professional jealousies, religious threats and growing ill-health, whilst at the same time attending to his responsibilities as a husband and father and fending off a wife who has a definite will of her own. Only at the moment of her death does he finally realise (too late) his lifetime ambition of actually being able to see into the future...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book contains translations of many original documents, and concludes with a full bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Filament Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043796861168,"sku":"9781908691972","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781908691972_p0.jpg?v=1763621456","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781908691972","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}