The 16th century saw the triumph of the Inquisition, as it spread from Spain to the rest of Europe, its extremist members burning and torturing heretics. Michael of Nostradamus, a doctor and astrologist, was then barely thirty years old.
He and his grandfather Jean of Saint Rémy, a master in mysticism, were forced to flee from the Inquisitors, especially from Ochoa, a fanatical and bloodthirsty monk.
But Ochoa succeeds in fatally wounding Jean who, in his dying breath, whispers to Michael the secret his family has been guarding for generations: they are the descendants of the tribe of Issachar who hold the key to the mysterious principles of human destiny. Even their name bares witness to their mission: Nostra Damus, "We give what we possess". Jean then entrusts Michael with the sacred books of the Cabala...
How did Michael of Notredame become Nostradamus, the greatest wizard and visionary of all time, a character of legend who has been the object of so many studies and generated so much speculation?
The authors Dominique and Jérôme Noblécourt, husband and wife, issued a fiction based on thorough research. The Journey of Nostradamus portrays the man behind the myth, the secrets of his art, his relationship with men of power seeking wealth and glory, his ordeals and love affairs...
The reader will come across François Rabelais, Ambroise Paré, King François I of France, Catherine de Médicis and the Count of Montgomery.
