by Christian Jacq · Pocket · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782266032063
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«Champollion l'Égyptien» is the historical novel by Christian Jacq, published by Pocket in paperback (367 pages, in French).
Jean-François Champollion deciphers hieroglyphs in Paris in 1822; years later he travels to Egypt to verify his discovery on the ground. The narrative shows him facing conspiracies, antiquities traffickers, and death threats as he sails the Nile with the key to an ancient civilization.
The novel was originally published in 1987; the Pocket edition carries the subtitle «roman historique».
For readers interested in Egyptology and historical novels set in ancient Egypt.
Christian Jacq is a French author and Egyptologist. He has written several novels about ancient Egypt, notably a five book series about pharaoh Ramses II, a character whom Jacq admires greatly.
