Who was Nostradamus, and what faith should we place in his predictions?This book gives objective answers. It reveals that Michel de Nostredame, a16th-century French doctor, was more Renaissance man than arcane magician -and that his prognostications can be compellingly astute. In this editionall of the cryptic short verses of Nostradamus's Centuries appear in theoriginal French, with new translations. Uncanny prophecies such as thoseof the French Revolution and the rise of Hitler are examined in detail.Here too are interpretations of the many verses believed to augur futureevents. Editor Ned Halley works in fields of journalism as diverse asmedicine, wine and business. He takes a Plain English approach to 'asubject far too often wreathed in language that seems calculated toobscure, rather than to demonstrate, the truth'.