Theodore J. Nottingham Books

This book is beautifully written. It creates wonder and humor in each tale that appeals to adults and childern. This is the perfect book to sit down and share with your childern and entire family. There are important morals embeded within the enlightening stories that the author creates. I recommend this book to any adult who enjoys intelligent humor and to any parent who would like to share sweet fabels with their childern.

This loving and inspirational story is all one needs to get themselves to follow their dreams and to take the risk for adventure.It expands your mind plus in this very seemingly scarey world we live in now a days,it is evidence that there exsists an intuitive and thoughtful individual,Theodore Nottingham,his books are uplifting and written for everyone to expand their insight and to live in love and with courage.

Forget the self help books,which many times are sexist and limiting,dare to expand your creativity and imagination by reading this book of imagination and just plain fun!

Theodore Nottingham has a gift I've seen in few people,writers or whomever.His words flow,they make your imagination roam to places you probably haven't been to before.

Get this book,great for a cold winter night, also releaves tension,if you've had a tough day at the office,you'll forget all about it!

This book is beautifully written. It creates wonder and humor in each tale that appeals to adults and childern. This is the perfect book to sit down and share with your childern and entire family. There are important morals embeded within the enlightening stories that the author creates. I recommend this book to any adult who enjoys intelligent humor and to any parent who would like to share sweet fabels with their childern.

In "The Color Of The Wind," Mr. Nottingham has done a delightful job at creating outstanding, entertaining stories that also offer great views on the values of life. I couldn't think of a better way to spend quailty time with children than sitting down with them and reading these delightful tales to them. The beautiful artwork by artist Susan Moore provides a wonderful way to visualize some of the fantastic scenes painted by Nottingham in this book. I highly recommend it to all, young and old alike.

"The Tribulation" is one of those rare books that was able to get my attention, and keep it right to the end. I now HAVE to get the sequel!

Although this novel was written in 1997, it is even more relevant today. Based on familiar views of our planet's future from the Biblical "Book Of Revelation", this novel gives a more human side to the spiritual "war to end all wars" and brings the stories into our everyday world of the 21st Century.

Nottingham is a gifted, insightful and perhaps prophetic writer who will appeal to those who look beyond religious doctrine to see the "bigger picture" of the spiritual reality around us. Opening our eyes to the possibilities of how the cards may be played out and the sad but true way in which men's hearts are polarised to one side or the other ... good or evil, love or fear, peace or war.

Yes, it challenged my preconceptions, but I was unable to put it down for more than a day. It is worth considering!

This book is the second in the Messiah Chronicles Series and just as wonderful and insightful as the first. Highly recommended. Now.. if we can just get book three out, lol.. I have been waiting for years.

"A powerful view of things to come, merging fantasy and reality in a way that entertains, inspires, and terrifies. This is must reading" Charles B. Ashanin, Ph.D.

After reading "The Final Prophet" by Theodore J. Nottingham, I'm anxiously awaiting the next book in the series of The Messiah Chronicles. If this book is even half as good as its page-turning predecessor, it will most definately give us an important message in a fast-paced adventure. The publishing date can't come soon enough.

* * * * * - Theodore J. Nottingham has done it again. His intense writing style once again shines from cover to cover of "The Tribulation." Read by itself, this book is simply enthralling. Read as second in the series of The Messiah Chronicles, "The Tribulation" intensifies this drama of the Prophet's friends and intensifies its complexity. The world civilization as previously known has been destroyed, and powers of darkness reign supreme. "The Tribulation" tells the drama of a small band of people trying to survive disaster, and once again bring light to the world. If "The Abomination," next in the series, is half as captivating as "The Tribulation," Nottingham's readers are in for a real treat.

This a book that I have kept and read, and re-read.. and re read again.. I have highlighted so much information in this book that no one can borrow it anymore as only i can read through it all. And it's not just wisdom,it is wonderfully written and very entertaining.. You may be tempted to read through it in one night, but please.. do yourself a favor and savor it.. The wisdom is astounding. There is more wisdom and insight in this book, and the second book, Tribulation,than i have ever beheld in a book. These books are not to be passed by. How they have missed becoming best sellers is beyond me. I have three of the Authors books, Tribulation being the second in the Messiah Chronicles, and it too is not to be missed.. Put it on the Shelf with Illusions, The Celestine Prophecies, and call it gold.. Take it down and read it again over and over as no one could pick out all the wisdom in this book in one sitting. I have always rated Illusions as my favorite book, but this series has surely made a tie of it.. Definately worth the money.

This ambitious first volume of a projected four-part series takes us 30-some years into the future and shines a ray of hope on a miserable situation. The latest translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls uncovers an ancient prophecy from the Essene Brotherhood of "another Messiah for our time." Humankind's need for deliverance from darkness is outlined in Chapter 3, an imaginative extension of our present reality. A failed United Nations has been replaced by the powerful World Federation. "Freedom and privacy had sold out to efficiency and security." Nevertheless, an undercurrent of chaos and revolution builds and, most important, a spiritual void needs filling. Enter the prophet, Adam Hawthorn, a man with a Christlike presence and powers to heal and transform. He knows that his work will bring on the tribulation and that chaos will rule for a period of time, but he also brings a teaching of personal psychological transformation, an esoteric teaching that prepares a core group of followers to show the planet how to live in an enlightened, conscious way. This book is not a New Age flight of fancy. At its core it offers solid nuggets of esoteric insight packaged in a compelling story. The fact that the plot borrows biblical concepts claimed by fundamentalist Christians (messiah, tribulation) is provocative in the extreme. In fact, the book opens with the prophet addressing the world in a live international broadcast: "We must get beyond religion," he declares. "The forms must die so that their true content can be released." Chris Hartman

What an awesome book -- words are inadequate as a means of expression. The world desperately needs this message that you've put forth! The author's message is sure to change lives and I'm honored to have had the experience of reading "The Final Prophet". For this profound experience, I am deeply thankful with appreciation that comes from the soul level.

Ted's description of his 20 year journey from traditional Christianity in the mid-70's through Eastern philosophy; esoteric teachings of the Theosophists; Tarot and a slew of secret societies is a familiar one to many of us. Then, a trip to Asia, while penniless, where wandering monks, roadside shrines and exotic surroundings helped to dull the "noise and madness of Western civilization."

But then, once the way opened to esoteric ("hidden, not secret") path of spirituality, he found that it led him back to his Christian roots. Only now its delicate flower of Christian mysticism, "beyond the ordinary boundaries of our egos... where greater reality is achieved." The chapter on Prayer is worth the price of the entire book!

"Written in Our Hearts" is all about what's real. It's about experiencing the truth rather than accepting it because we're told that it's true. Although the book was written nearly 14 years ago, I plan on using it as an inspirational reference for many years to come.

I've been through it all,reading many books and taking in many insights,but this remarkable book lead me back to myself,it opened doors for me and helped me to realize how society puts limitations on us,how it manipulates us because its entire message is about how to not be ourselves,but all of Nottingham's are about how to take the limits off and live,live to your full potential,wether it comes in the form of a fable or an inspirational book,they are all written with love.

I received this book at a crucial time in my life's journey. Page after page, the words spoke to me as if the author was right with me, speaking directly to my heart. The book gave me inspiration and practical ideas to follow to initiate dramatic changes in my life, and what a result I have seen in only a few months! If you want to look at your life and the world around you in a new, wonderful way, I highly recommend "Written In Our Hearts" by Theodore J. Nottingham.

"Under the guidance of the queen mother,most of the royal family, accepted the grand truths of the burgeoning religion. The stranger who opened her eyes to the new vision of eternity in the in the midst of time vanished as he had come , leaving seeds of goodness in his wake. Now the queen mother offered those seeds to her new friends.They were a far cry from the dark powers of the invisible of the druids and the mysteries of the invisible regions. There was no need for dolmens and lunar cycles to make contact with the beyound." This paragraph is from the paper back edition page 174.

"The Final Prophet" is not only riveting (it kept me on the edge of my chair), this page-turner is filled with ideas and concepts about our future that challenge all major religions. The author has given us a super-charged racing car. It hurdles down the road to enlightenment at top speed while illuminating this path for us with timeless wisdom. "The Final Prophet" is a rare combination of superb writing that should not be missed.

this book is obviously the version of this tragic story that should have remained an inner dialogue for the author. it is a total fabrication of the events from the opening sentence- some examples are: the sobbing parker at the saloon after lincoln was shot- the conversations in mudds house where booth and herald say they gave false names, but the in dialogue with quotation marks, call each other by booth and herold. the ridiculous exchanges between paine and herold outside of sewards house, the fact that he states there was a female nurse who opened the door to paine, when everyone involved testified that it was the black male servant,he states oswell swann was the runaway slave of colonel cox, who was never seen or heard from after he led booth and herold to the sinister cox, with his evil grin. he states that mrs quesenberry and dr stuart had a lookout on the water waiting for booths arrival into virginia and on and on and on. willie jett was supposedly sent to meet booth at port royal and escort him south . the author should be embarrassed that he would try to pass off this vapid drivel as hard researched historical fact. every page is filled with ridiculous lies- i cant believe i read the whole thing. its actually sickening. how stupid does this dude think everyone is?

John Wilks Booth had loved the South and that flag since childhood. He and I would have had a lot in common. Carm can get you anywhere, no questions asked. It is thought that John was a conFederate spy able to buy and transport quine across the blockade which the North had imposed. JOhn was a devout upholder of the South's principles and proud of it. He wasn't a pauper, and had earned $20,000 a year by 1864. At the age of seventeen, already a 'pro' on stage in 1855. He witnessed the execution of John Brown on December 2, 1859.

The theater was a world of false reality and, sometimes, actors forget and tend to lead the lives of the characters they protray on stage. Actually, he lived on a farm in Maryland, 25 miles north of Baltimore. He got his start on the stages of Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Richmond (a place dear to his heart). In 1864, he visited Canada. Shortly before the assassination, he stars in the tours of plays in New York, Baltimore, Chicago, St. Louis, and Boston. He did have a tumor on the back of his neck, which may have caused him to throw caution to the wind and go "hog wild" which his inclinations led him to do.

John had rescued a wounded Yankee soldier in New York City during the Draft Riots in July, 1863. He'd told his sister who was close to him, "My soul, life and possessions are of the South. My profession, my name, is my passport." He appeared to hve free pass everywhere as he was recognized as a notable figure in Washington, D. C.

In a play there at Ford's Theatre, he had warned President Lincoln with his gestures and sharp demeanor in one of which he was the star, as he made threats toward another character each time pointing toward the president. This did not disconcern or upset Lincoln. He had a good sense of humor, and rather laughed it off. Booth publicly criticized the role represented and once was arrested in St. Louis for making "treasonous remarks." What he'd said is common slang today: he wished the President and the government "would go to Hell." He'd had to pay a large fine.

He held Jefferson Davis and the Southern cause "sacred." That's not saying that he would deal with the devil for his life or do anything risky for the Cause. He really thought that he would get away free and clear and, at long last, be a hero for the South. He shot Abraham Lincoln on the evening of April 14, and the president succumbed at 7:22 a.m. on April 15. It was a dasdardly deed and he paid dearly, as his career on the stage was clearly over. Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was pardoned by Andrew Johnson from the prison sentence for treating John Wilkes Booth four years (January 10, 1869) after the "crime against our country."

But be aware that this book, which is supposed to have been carefully researched to follow up the family story, starts out with a description of the cherry trees blooming in DC when Booth sets out on his mission...the famous cherry trees weren't planted until 1912. With that in mind, it's an interesting read, especially if you've read Otto Eisenschiml's work accusing Edwin M. Stanton of being behind Lincoln's assassination.

Theodore Nottingham is primarily a writer of religious books and fiction with a religious and/or historical bent. In The Curse of Cain, purportedly a biography of the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, he creates a work that is both a religious parable and a work that is at once history and historical fiction. His rationale for doing so is his desire to put across the torment and the motivation of a man reviled by history as the murderer of both the man Lincoln and of the ultimate well being of the post Civil War South. His reason for doing that is his family connection to the protagonist, for Nottingham is the great, great, great grandson of John Wilkes Booth.

As I said when I reviewed the biography of the Empress Josephine, I tend to like my history "neat," and this is no exception. That doesn't mean that the book is a total waste, however, for a number of reasons. For those readers who prefer the story behind history, the first half of the book should be quite captivating, for it certainly reads like a Shakespearean drama. Nottingham claims to have received some of his ancestor's propensity for drama and grim intensity, and he certainly reveals that when he throws himself into Booth's tale. The setting, character, and plot, including the implication of important figures pulling strings behind the scenes, are interesting enough to hold the attention. I read the first 142 pages in about 2 hours. To some extent the author's choice of words and phrases was a little trite, or perhaps more fairly, a little adolescent. In fact the book might well appeal to adolescent boys who find history too dull because history books are too "dry," a mere collection of names, dates, and places to be memorized for tests if one is to pass them

On a more redeeming note, from my perspective at least, is the final few pages of the volume which are mostly historical data drawn in part form family diaries, reminiscences, photos and documents and in part from public documents. The hurried summation of this data in these final pages certainly provided some justification for the more theatrical pages that preceded it. It also provided data that seemed to support the intimation in the earlier pages of collusion in high places. If nothing else it rubbed away the patina of the ages from the events of that era and revealed the solid brass of the time. Like our own world, full of subterfuge and hidden agendas, political posturing and diplomatic positioning, the post Civil War Era was filled with urgency and moment, with people who won big time and those who lost big time. It demonstrates that nothing under the sun is truly new, especially when it comes to human drama, something that both Shakespeare and Booth would have understood.

I think it's a pity that so little space was given to the documentation and the conclusions to be drawn from it. When I ordered the book, it was that that I expected from it. Given his access to family material, Nottingham could have made it a far more major and serious work of history.

As far as I can see this book has but one fault, and that is that it claims to be a work of historical non-fiction. First of all, the body of John Wilkes Booth was not examined by his family at the old arsenal, it was examined in Baltimore shortly before being buried in the family plot. The story about Booth's escape to Asia is extremely far-fetched, and as a person who has spent a great deal of time reading about this man, it is highly doubtful that he would have brooded at all for killing Lincoln, although he might have brooded a bit for himself after he realized that he was now a hated man throughout the country. Finally, there is the icing on the cake, Booth's death in Enid, Oklahoma in 1903. If anyone has seen photographs of the man who claimed to be John Wilkes Booth shortly before dying, then it is very obvious that this man is not Booth. His forehead is much smaller and his features are much more rugged than Booth's. An interesting sidenote, the last known whereabouts of Boston Corbett, the man who killed Booth at Garrett's farm, was Enid, Oklahoma. My hats off to you Mr. Nottingham, for this book is much more entertaining than the other recent fiction book about John Wilkes Booth.