@book{bibcite_10967,
author = {John J. Gaudet},
title = {Pharaoh{\textquoteright}s Treasure: The Origin of Paper and the Rise of Civilization},
year = {2018},
pages = {356 pp.},
publisher = {Pegasus Books},
address = {New York, NY},
isbn = {9781681778532},
note = {
Contents:\
- Guardian of immortality
- The inspector puts pen to paper and makes history
- Prisse, like Moses, carries home stone tablets and paper scrolls
- The undertaker{\textquoteright}s special and the world{\textquoteright}s first bestseller
- The book of the dead, guardian of immortality
- Papyrus paper, your ticket to paradise
- The sands of the Nile give up their treasures
- The affair of the oranges
- The floodgates open
- Egypt, papermaker to the world
- The birth of Memphis and paper
- A gift from the gods
- The monopoly
- Growing and managing papyrus for paper
- The emperor and the lewd papermaker
- Taking on the world, and leaving a legacy
- The enemy of oblivion
- Early libraries, paper, and the writing business
- A library to end all libraries and the sweet smell of history
- The Romans and the book trade
- Roman libraries
- Those precious, tender-hearted scrolls
- Saving the day
- Media one makes its mark in the world
- The last bastion, the church of Rome
- Constantinople and the long goodbye
- End of the road and the battle of the Talas river
- The mystery of the disappearing plant
- The pharaoh{\textquoteright}s own conquers the Vatican
- The road back
- The road ahead
},
language = {English},
}