Cracking the Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life of Jean-François Champollion by Andrew Robinson

Cracking the Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life of Jean-François Champollion

Andrew Robinson

287 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
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Cracking the Egyptian Code is the first biography in English of Jean-François Champollion, the impoverished, arrogant and brilliant child of the French Revolution who made the vital breakthrough in deciphering the Egyptian hieroglyphs. This accou...

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