The Code Breaker's Secret Diaries: The Perilous Expedition Through Plague-ridden Egypt to Uncover the Ancient Mysteries of the Hieroglyphs by Jean-François Champollion

The Code Breaker's Secret Diaries: The Perilous Expedition Through Plague-ridden Egypt to Uncover the Ancient Mysteries of the Hieroglyphs

Jean-François Champollion

284 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous reflective medium-paced
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As a child Jean-Francois Champollion had but one fervent wish to travel to Egypt and solve the mystery of the ancient hieroglyphs. Finally, a brief lull in the Mediterranean war against the Ottoman Sultan offered his expedition a window of a few d...

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