Home    New Authors    New Books    Coming Soon    Most Popular    Top Authors
<< Previous bookNext book >>
book cover of 

Champollion the Egyptian 

by

Christian JacqChampollion the Egyptian (2002)
A novel by Christian Jacq

 
The fictional life of the man who first deciphered hieroglyphics Born in the small French town of Figeac in 1790, Jean-Francois Champollion was to become famous as the man who first discovered the meaning of hieroglyphs. This remarkable novel tells the story of his extraordinary trip to Egypt in 1828 on a quest to prove the truth of his groundbreaking theories and to save the treasures of the pharaohs from destruction. Egypt in the early 19th centure was a land of legends and miracles - and a land full of danger. Heading a team of reaserchers as he travelled from site to site, from Alexandria to Abu Simbel, the man they called 'the Egyptian' faced formidable enemies determined to prevent him from succeeding in his mission. With a historian's eye for detail and a potent imagination, Christian Jacq tells the incredible true story of this man of action and dedicated scholar, the father of modern Egyptology.

 
Used availability for Christian Jacq's Champollion the Egyptian


See all available used copies of this book at: Abebooks UK or Abebooks US
 

 

Hardback Editions

December 1939 : Hardback
Title: Champollion the Egyptian
Author(s): Christian Jacq
ISBN: 0-684-86016-3 / 978-0-684-86016-9 (USA edition)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Availability: Amazon   Amazon UK   Amazon CA   
More details...

Paperback Editions

January 2004 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0671028561Title: Champollion the Egyptian
Author(s): Christian Jacq
ISBN: 0-671-02856-1 / 978-0-671-02856-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Availability: Amazon   Amazon UK   
More details...

 


Search for    

© 2012 FantasticFiction
Questions? Comments? Corrections? Please email webmaster@fantasticfiction.co.uk