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Foreword | |
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I. |
A Prophet Is Born | |
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II. |
The Education of a Genius | |
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III. |
Personages and Politics | |
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IV. |
Garlands of Fame | |
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V. |
The Plague Returns | |
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VI. |
A Prophet's Eyry | |
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VII. |
Purpose | |
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VIII. |
On to Paris | |
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IX. |
The Court of the Valois | |
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X. |
Toward Familiar Country | |
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I. |
The Cycle of Valois-Navarre | |
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II. |
Claude De Savoie | |
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III. |
In the Twentieth Century |
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Frontispiece of the edition printed in Amsterdam in 1668 | |
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FACING PAGE |
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Etching made by a woman of Salon, from the portrait bust by César Nostradamus, son of the prophet | |
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Through this old gate traveled Nostradamus on errands of mercy and friendship | |
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King René, the minstrel-monarch of Provence | |
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Blois, setting of royal splendors and tragic destinies | |
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Last resting place of the older Capetian kings | |
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Ronsard, who celebrated the arrival of Nostradamus at court with verses in his honor |
