by Jean-Michel Riou · Edições Asa · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9789724146393
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«O Segredo de Champollion» is the historical novel by Jean-Michel Riou, published by Edições Asa in paperback (410 pages, in Portuguese).
Set during Napoleon's expedition to Egypt, it follows the obsession of three friends, mathematicians and orientalists, to decipher hieroglyphic writing, then considered the gateway to limitless power. Amid wars, conspiracies, spies and discoveries such as the Rosetta Stone, the investigation advances toward the secret that obsessed Champollion.
Novel translated into Portuguese from French by Catarina Lima, whose original title is «Le secret de Champollion».
For readers of historical fiction seeking archaeological intrigues, Napoleonic expeditions and hieroglyphic mysteries.
