by Jean-Michel Riou · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782080684769
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«Le secret de Champollion» is the historical novel by Jean-Michel Riou, published by Flammarion in paperback (433 pages, in French).
In 1798, Napoleon conquers Egypt with his scholars in tow. Three friends, orientalists and a mathematician, agree to decipher the hieroglyphs, a mystery believed to grant immense power. Their trail leads through the Rosetta Stone and the Valley of the Kings, amid English spies, Vatican conspiracies, poison, and a manuscript hidden for a century and a half.
Published in Paris by Flammarion in 2004, this edition includes a map of the expedition printed on card.
For readers with a command of French interested in historical fiction and Napoleon's campaign in Egypt.
