Categorii: Diverse
Limba: Engleza
Data publicării: 2018
Editura: Thames & Hudson
Tip copertă: Paperback
Nr Pag: 272
ISBN: 9780500294178
Dimensiuni: l: 15.8cm | H: 25.5cm | 2.8cm | 308g
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 finely illustrated account charts Champollion’s dramatic life and achievements: by turns a teenage professor, a supporter of Napoleon, an exile, a fanatical decipherer and a curator at the Louvre, he lived life to the full but drove himself into an early grave. Andrew Robinson’s full-blooded account brings the man, his setbacks and his ultimate triumphs vividly to life.