CRACKING THE EGYPTIAN CODE

Cracking the Egyptian Code is the first biography in English of Jean-Francois Champollion, the impoverished, arrogant and brilliant child of the French Revolution who made the vital breakthrough in deciphering the Egyptian hieroglyphs. This finely illustrated acco unt charts Champollion's dramatic life and achievements: by turns a teenage professor, a supporter of Napoleon, an exile, a fanatica l decipherer and a curator at the Louvre, he lived life to the full but drove himself into an early grave. Andrew Robinson's full-bl ooded acc...[Read more]