Some prophets, such as Moses, Abraham, Jesus and Mohammad, are revered by millions as patriarchs or founders of major religions. Others, including Nostradamus, the spiritualist Madame Blavatsky and the contemporary doom-monger Billy Meier, have often been characterised as crackpots at best and fraudsters at worst. Looking at why prophets and their prophecies are still attracting followers in the twenty-first century, Melanie King offers entertaining, readable and richly informative profiles of 50 prophets, seers and charlatans of all types and from all periods.
