East Renfrewshire ~ Book Blog

Breslin: The Nostradamus Prophecy

A book which I have recently read and found to be a very interesting and enjoyable book was “The Nostradamus Prophecy” By Theresa Breslin.

The story is about a young girl called Mélisande. She lives in Paris with her father and her older sister Chantelle they live in the court of Catherine de’Medici, Queen Regent of France. Mélisande and her father are both talented musicians, her sister is very good at making dresses. At the start the story is mostly about how Mélisande’s older sister is getting married but on her wedding day she gets killed by her fiancé’s uncle, a man called The Count de Ferignay. He tries to kill Mélisande but does not succeed. Mélisande meets a boy who lives in the castle called Melchior he looks after a leopard called Paladin. He helps her escape where she goes dressed as a servant boy to find the house where Nostradamus lives. When she gets there she is treated like a member if the family and helps in the apothecary shop with a man called Giorgio, who later betrays her in the story. She learns many things from Giorgio and she becomes his assistant. During the story there is parade in the town where Nostradamus lives she has to go and run an errand but when she is going she gets stopped by a man who is a spy for he Duke of Marcy and he tells her to bow down as it is a holy parade she doesn’t and runs into a church where he cannot hurt her the Duke of Marcy tries to, but kills a priest who is trying to protect Mélisande, she runs of and find Giorgio and tells him what happened. She also meets a man called Lord Thierry who she goes to live with after Master Nostradamus dies. He leaves her his last prophecy and tells her that she has to save the King. She cannot go back to Paris as she is still wanted but she marries Lord Thierry but he dies trying to defend his castle and Giorgio helps her escape. They get to Paris and Mélisande finds out that Giorgio is working for Queen Catherine de’Medici. She finds Melchior and he helps her escape but his leopard dies trying to save them from The Count de Ferignay. They escape and she finds her father and King Henri and she must save him from the killing and fighting that is happening in Paris.
Katie McG ( St Ninians High School)