{"product_id":"the-riddle-of-the-rosetta-9780691200903","title":"The Riddle of the Rosetta","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Combining exhaustive excavation of British and French archives with eclectic biographical elements, [this] valuable new book explains in unique detail . . . the twists and turns behind the perpetually fascinating decipherment.\"\u003cb\u003e---Andrew Robinson, \u003ci\u003eBritish Museum Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rarely have I seen the false starts and blind alleys, firm beliefs and 180-degree recalibrations, exhilaration and loneliness of pioneering thought captured so well. . . . \u003ci\u003eIf The Riddle of the Rosetta\u003c\/i\u003e won’t be coming to screens anytime soon, its achievement is no less admirable.\"\u003cb\u003e---Maxwell Carter, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Arguably the most meticulous and thoroughgoing account of the work of Young and Champollion. . . . The dazzling scholarly nimbleness of Champollion and Young is richly illustrated throughout the book — that is no myth, but it emerges as something a little more human.\"\u003cb\u003e---Elizabeth Frood, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Buchwald, a historian at California Institute of Technology, and writer Josefowicz put a decade’s worth of work into this book, and it shows. . . . Buchwald and Josefowicz deliver an account that sometimes seems as if in real time, describing the blind alleys, intuitions, and thorny debates that surrounded the scholars’ investigations. . . . Fans of Egyptology, cryptography, and languages will enjoy this exploration of the ancient past.\" * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"A gloriously detailed reconstruction . . . this past intellectual world is dazzlingly brought to life by Buchwald and Josefowicz.\"\u003cb\u003e---Dmitri Levitin, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This volume is a \u003ci\u003etour de force \u003c\/i\u003eof scholarly research and thorough analysis.\"\u003cb\u003e---Hilary Forrest, \u003ci\u003eAncient Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The story of the Stone and its role in the translation of the hieroglyphs has been told many times, but never so well as in Buchwald and Josefowicz’s new book. . . . [\u003ci\u003eThe Riddle of the Rosetta \u003c\/i\u003eis] a sophisticated, exciting, and polished piece of scholarship.”\"\u003cb\u003e---Anthony Ossa-Richardson, \u003ci\u003eErudition and the Republic of Letters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Elegantly written and dazzlingly erudite. . . . [\u003ci\u003eThe Riddle of the Rosetta\u003c\/i\u003e] offers a fascinating account of an often told story that never loses its allure.\"\u003cb\u003e---Cecilia Hurley, \u003ci\u003eHistory of Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403885748567,"sku":"9780691200903","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691200903.jpg?v=1730484799","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-riddle-of-the-rosetta-9780691200903","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}