Nostradamus - The Good News
The idea for Nostradamus: The Good News came from my publisher, Duncan Baird. Reading through the work of previous commentators, it had occurred to him that Nostradamus’s name appeared synonymous with doom, gloom, and visions of the Apocalypse. He wondered whether there mightn’t be a little sunlight hidden somewhere deep amongst the Stygian depths. I told him there was, and so we devised a book that would highlight only the more optimistic quatrains that Nostradamus had written. It made for a pleasant change in my precious work schedule! To my immense surprise, I discovered that Nostradamus was a great deal more positive than people give him credit for, and that there was at the very least a good book’s worth of Good News quatrains to be teased out from amongst the horrors and intimations of Armageddon and the End Of Days that recidivist Jonahs and vainglorious commentators have always been so keen to associate with his work.
About Nostradamus
Michel de Nostredame, or Nostradamus, was a French apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies (quatrain)that have since become famous worldwide. He is best known for his book Les Propheties (The Prophecies), the first edition of which appeared in 1555. Since the publication of this book, which has rarely been out of print since his death, Nostradamus has attracted a following that, along with the popular press, credits him with predicting many major world events.
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