The Linguist and the Emperor
Subtitle: Napoleon and Champollion's Quest to Decipher the Rosetta Stone
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: February 8, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780345448729
Subjects: Science; History: World; Europe - France; History; Middle East - Egypt; History / Egypt; Reading Group Guide; Europe - General; 1790-1832; Champollion, Jean-Franðcois,; Egyptian language; Rosetta stone; Writing, Hieroglyphic
First sentence: FIGEAC. 1792. At the height of that violent phenomenon known as the Great Fear, violent bands roam the French countryside.