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.
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The first biography in English of Jean-François Champollion, the genius who unlocked the secret of the hieroglyphs.
Prologue: Egyptomania • 1. Hieroglyphic ‘Delirium’ before Champollion • 2. A Revolutionary Childhood • 3. Reluctant Schoolboy • 4. Egypt Encountered • 5. Paris and the Rosetta Stone 6. Teenage Professor • 7. The Race Begins • 8. Napoleon and Champollion • 9. Exile and Revolt • 10. Breakthrough • 11. An Egyptian Renaissance • 12. Curator at the Louvre 13. To Egypt, At Last • 14. In Search of Ramesses • 15. First Professor of Egyptology 16. The Hieroglyphs after Champollion • Postscript: Geniuses and Polymaths
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'A life more revolutionary than previously appreciated … a great story' - Timeless Travels
The first biography in English of Jean-François Champollion, the genius who unlocked the secret of the hieroglyphs

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780500294178
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Vekt
300 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
304

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Biographical note

Andrew Robinson is the author of twenty-five books in the arts and sciences, nine of them on aspects of Indian history and culture. They include two definitive biographies: Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye, described by V. S. Naipaul as ‘an extraordinarily good, detailed and selfless book’, and the coauthored Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad-Minded Man. He holds degrees from Oxford University and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, has been a Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge, and is currently a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.