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Empires of the Plain Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon
by Lesley Adkins published 2003, HarperCollins
From 1827 Henry Rawlinson, fearless soldier, sportsman and imperial adventurer of the first rank, spent twenty-five years in India, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan in the service of the East India Company......A gifted linguist he became obsessed with cuneiform, the world's earliest writing.... In Empires of the Plain the author relates in a compelling and authoritative way the entertaining story of Rawlinson's life and how he triumphed in deciphering the lost languages of Persia and Babylonia, overcoming his brilliant but bitter rival, Edward Hincks.
Condition: slight dogear on bottom corner otherwise very good used condition.
Illustrated - 16 pages of b&w photographs.
645 gms, 424 pages.
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