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Автор: Lesley Adkins
Название: Empires of the Plain
ISBN: 0007129009 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007129003
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
Цена: 1847.00 р.
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Описание: How 19th-century soldier, adventurer and scholar Henry Rawlinson deciphered cuneiform, the world's earliest writing, and rediscovered Iraq's ancient civilizations. This is the exciting, true adventure story of Henry Rawlinson, a fearless soldier, sportsman and explorer. From 1827 he spent twenty-five years in India, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. A brilliant linguist, fascinated by history, he became obsessed with cuneiform, the world's earliest writing. An immense inscription on a sheer rock face at Bisitun in Iran was the key to understanding the many cuneiform scripts and languages, and only Rawlinson had the skills to achieve the perilous ascent and copy the monument. In her gripping account, Lesley Adkins relates how Rawlinson triumphed in deciphering the lost languages of Persia and Babylonia, overcoming his bitter rival, Edward Hincks. While Rawlinson was based at Baghdad, incredible palaces with whole libraries of cuneiform clay tablets were unearthed in the ancient mounds of Mesopotamia, from Nineveh to Babylon--the great flood plain of the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers that had been fought over by so many powerful empires. His decipherment of the inscriptions resurrected these lost civilisations, revealing fascinating details of everyday life and forgotten historical events. By proving to the astonished Victorian public that people and places in the Old Testament really existed, Rawlinson assured his own place in history.

Автор: Roy and Lesley Adkins
Название: Eavesdropping on Jane Austen`s England
ISBN: 0349138605 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780349138602
Издательство: Little Brown
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Цена: 2058.00 р.
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Описание: A revealing, spirited and fascinating account of what life was really like in Jane Austen`s England.

Автор: Chapman Graham, Cleese John, Gilliam Terry
Название: Monty Python Live!
ISBN: 1401323677 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781401323677
Издательство: Hachette Book Group
Цена: 2611.00 р.
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Описание: In celebration of the fortieth anniversary of Monty Python comes the first book by the original Pythons in thirty years. John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle and Michael Palin have contributed memories of their wild touring years, oral history, never-before-published scripts – including some of their most famous routines and memorabilia,.

Автор: Wodehouse P.G.
Название: Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin
ISBN: 0140038353 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140038354
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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