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The Writing in the Stone

The Writing in the Stone

by Irving Finkel and Angharad Morgaine Crossley
Hardback
Publication Date: 27/03/2018

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The landscape of this dark and powerful story is the ancient world of Assyria some 3000 years ago, a time when writing was in the world's oldest script, cuneiform, and the domination of unseen forces firmly in the hands of the state's leading Exorcist.

In the capital, Nineveh, resides a deep and complex man, the power behind the King of the World. Faced with unforeseen disaster that threatens his authority, he emerges as a psychopathic killer.

The author uses his familiarity with ancient writings preserved in the world's museums to recreate a vanished world in which those who step from the shadows in ruthless violence to pursue ultimate control show themselves at the same time to be disconcertingly human.

The tight prose and graphic illustrations make this a gripping and unusual tale not of this world, but at the same time weirdly familiar.

ISBN:
9781911487203
9781911487203
Category:
Thriller / suspense
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
27-03-2018
Language:
English
Publisher:
Medina Publishing, Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
228.6x152.4mm
Irving Finkel

Dr Irving Finkel is Senior Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script, languages and cultures in the Middle East Department of the British Museum. He is the curator in charge of the world's largest collection of cuneiform clay tablets, comprising more than 130,000 pieces. His work involves reading and translating all sorts of inscriptions, sometimes working on ancient archives to identify manuscripts that belong together, or even join to one another. With publications, lecturing and broadcasting, Dr Finkel has brought these inscriptions and their writers to a modern audience. He is the author of The Ark Before Noah.

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