The Essential Nostradamus

New York: Tarcher, 2010. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x7. Light edge wear. 2010 Trade Paperback. xx, 325, [7] pp. Translation, historical commentary, and biography by Richard Smoley on Nostradamus's prophetic writings, with a new afterword on Nostradamus and 2012. The prophecies of Nostradamus have ignited intense fascination throughout the West since they were first published in the sixteenth century. These enigmatic quatrains have gained special meaning for many during our current countdown to the year 2012. The relationship between Nostradamus's prophecies and the Mayan prophecy of 2012 is hotly debated over the Internet and is the focus of today's most popular television documentaries.