The Complete Prophecies of Nostradamus [Hardcover]

Mario Reading (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 6, 2009

A breathtaking work from one of the world’s most renowned experts on Nostradamus.

Bestselling author Mario Reading has produced the first major re-evaluation of the seer’s entire body of prophecies for 300 years—and it finally resolves the last great mystery of Nostradamus. While the Prophecies have transfixed us for centuries (only the Bible has been printed more times) a crucial question has lingered: why did Nostradamus not declare the dates on which his predictions would come about?

The Complete Prophecies has the answer: Nostradamus concealed nothing, for the information is right there in the text. He gave to each of his prophetic verses—ten volumes of 100 each—an index number. As Mario Reading reveals in this ground-breaking new analysis, in these numbers lie the true key to the years of the prophecies’ fulfillment. It’s an eye-opening interpretation that no one should miss.

 

What this new interpretation of the Prophecies says about our future:

2015: The world narrowly escapes famine

2022: The abdication of Charles III of England

2032: The birth of the third “Antichrist”

Product Details

• Hardcover: 960 pages
• Publisher: Watkins (October 6, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1906787395
• ISBN-13: 978-1906787394
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.2 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,148,821 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mario Reading was born in Dorset, and brought up in England, Germany, and the South of France. He was educated at Gorse Cliff Preparatory School, followed by Rugby School, and then went on to study Comparative Literature under Malcolm Bradbury and Angus Wilson at the University of East Anglia, where he specialized in French and German Literature and translation before absconding, after two years, on a cargo boat to Africa.

During a nomadic youth he sold rare books, taught riding in Cape Town, studied dressage in Vienna, played polo in India, France, Spain, and Dubai, ran a seventy horse polo stables in Gloucestershire, and helped manage his Mexican wife's coffee plantation.

He is the author of four novels - the internationally bestselling Antichrist Trilogy (more than a million copies sold in 38 countries), which comprises The Nostradamus Prophecies, The Mayan Codex, and The Third Antichrist, and also The Music-Makers, a stand alone love story set in contemporary Cornwall and France and also touching on the May 1968 riots in Paris.

Mario Reading was the recipient of an Arts Council Writing Award in 2004 for his as yet unpublished Second World War novel, After Barbarossa.

He is also the author of eight non-fiction titles including the Dictionary Of Cinema, the Movie Companion, the Watkins Dictionary Of Dreams, Nostradamus: The Complete Prophecies For The Future, Nostradamus: The Good News, Nostradamus: The Top 100 Prophecies and Nostradamus & The Third Antichrist: Napoleon, Hitler & The One Still To Come. His groundbreaking The Complete Prophecies Of Nostradamus was published in 2009.

He writes occasional magazine features, including, in February 2000, a major Sunday Times Magazine exposé of the CIA, entitled An American Hero, and has also made a number of national and international appearances on radio and television, including documentaries for Discovery Channel, History Channel, and National Geographic. For four years he was the Chairman and chief coordinator of the Fonthill Writing Awards. He is also a member of Mensa and the ultra high IQ society, the ISPE [The International Society for Philosophical Inquiry].

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nostradamus' secrets finally revealed, October 10, 2010

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Avid reader (West Palm Beach, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Prophecies of Nostradamus (Hardcover)

This is the book in which Mario Reading finally claims to have cracked Nostradamus's secret index date code, taking us all the way from Homer's Odyssey in the 8th century BC, through to the seer's putative 'end of the world' scenario in 7074. Along the way we encounter tyrants, geniuses, freaks, cultists, Antichrists, heroes, whores, pimps, and villains in a 1000-page historical pageant. It's quite a journey, and whether you agree with Reading's readings (sorry about the pun) or not, it's certainly worth the ride.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Complete Reading... by Reading!, June 25, 2010

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Rose Glavas (Kilmore, Victoria Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Prophecies of Nostradamus (Hardcover)

Looking at this book, it is a large volume with a black cover and large, bold and gold lettering: this gives me the impression of some serious reading! My first impression proved to be right - I found this to be a bit of a heavy read, and to appreciate this book you really need a strong interest and background in the prophecies of Nostradamus (which I don't').

The author, Mario Reading, has a long history of involvement with these prophesies and is considered a groundbreaking expert on the topic and has written about the prophecies of Nostradamus twice in the past. This newest book, `The Complete Prophecies of Nostradamus' promises a ground-breaking new analysis through an indexing system Reading has discovered hidden within the prophecies.

I have to say that I found it interesting to read this title, however, I am in no position to really be critical or otherwise about the contents, since it is the first book I have read about the prophecies. However, I do have to say that the writing style was a bit convoluted for my liking... I prefer information to be presented in plain English.

`The Prophecies of Nostradamus' is broken up into various sections... there are the usual Acknowledgements, then an Introduction and then some information about Nostradamus' life under Biographical Note (which I really enjoyed because it gave me a feel for who he was). Then the next section is The Retrospective Quatrains, followed by The Undated Quatrains; The Main Quatrains are next and these are broken down into the various centuries over history.

In summary, this is an in-depth book that obviously has a lot of work put into it that would suit a person who has a slight obsession with the work of Nostradamus! It wasn't a light read, however, I'm not sure how someone could turn this topic into something lighthearted... a great reference book.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly researched, with non-sequiter logic, December 21, 2010

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Nebulous - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Prophecies of Nostradamus (Hardcover)

I had high hopes for this book, which provides interpretations for the Prophecies of Nostradamus. Nostradamus wrote his prophecies in the form of 942 quatrains, published between the years of 1555 and 1568. This book lacks a complete assessment of the Prophecies, as the preface of Nostradamus to his son Cesar and the letter to King Henry II are missing. Writing a work that tries to interpret the quatrains is not easy, as Nostradamus wrote in an obscure style, combining French and Latin, mixed with anagrams and at times ambiguous grammar. It also requires a bit of historical detective work. Some quatrains are too obscure to pinpoint, others may be general, but a few prophecies shine through with such detail, with specific names, that it is statistically impossible to have happened by chance. I was hoping this work would help sort out the puzzle that Nostradamus has left behind to his readers.

Sadly, the book disappoints. The author follows a theory that the last two digits of the quatrain specifies the year of the event, when in fact it is quite clear that Nostradamus jumbled up his quatrains in no clear chronological order. In order to support the theory, the author has adopted a method of "euphonic" translation. In other words, the actual translation of the Old French and Latin is ignored, and a word is substituted which sounds like the original word. This at times does occur when the quatrain was transcribed, but not to the extent that the author would have us believe. Most reviewers will not catch these mistranslations. But even when using this method, there are many quatrains left with specific details that are not explained in the author's interpretation: a prime example of non-sequiter logic. And we are talking about the prophecies that have been fulfilled. With such a broken and unproven method, the section which discusses future events comes under further doubt.

If anything, this book has been an exercise in critical thinking, and a reader will need to refer to another book on Nostradamus to obtain an accurate English translation. Some times the ideas that the author does pull out of his hat is somewhat entertaining. I would not, however, recommend this book to those seeking a fair assessment of the prophecies of Nostradamus.