Joshua Hammer

Gebundenes Buch

The Mesopotamian Riddle

An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing

Beschreibung

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu, a rollicking adventure following three eccentric Victorian archeologists and linguists on a twenty-year quest to decipher cuneiform, the oldest script in the world.

Autor

Joshua Hammer is the New York Times bestselling author of six books, including The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu, The Falcon Thief, and The Mesopotamian Riddle. His writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, GQ, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, National Geographic, Smithsonian, and Outside. He lives in Berlin.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon & Schuster
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 142mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9781668015445
• ISBN-10: 1668015447
• Artikelnr.: 70953608