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Champollion the Egyptian

by Christian Jacq · 1987

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From the author of Ramses, the fictional life of the man who first deciphered hieroglyphics

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
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EgyptEgyptMore like thisLess of thisFranceFranceMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thisbiographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
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adult

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