The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris
Intriguing....[Ventris] was a sweet, sad genius, and Robinson touchingly chronicles his life-long obsession with those mysterious tablets.  --Atlantic Monthly, October 2002Robinson has given us a glimpse of genius at work, making significant connections between the work and the life.  --New York Sun, 20 May 2002[A] fascinating biography....a book as gripping and readable as a detective story.  --Michael D. Coe