2007-12-10
Book Review: Nostradamus in the 21st Century
by Peter Lemesurier (London: Piatkus Books 2000) pbk. 325pp) ISBN: 0749921633 From The Presbyterian Banner, September 2002 Peter Lemesurier appears to be one of the more sane followers of Michel de Nostredame (1503-66), if that is not a contradiction in terms. Nostradame, later known as Nostradamus, was a contemporary of his fellow Frenchman John Calvin (1509-65), but was a far different character. Nostradamus was of Jewish extraction but a practising Roman Catholic. He achieved considerable fame as a physician of the plague, although his medical qualifications are uncertain, and he did not claim great success himself. He was also famed somewhat as an ‘astrologer’,Read More →