TY - SER
AU - John J. Gaudet
CY - New York, NY
LA - English
N1 - <p>Contents:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Guardian of immortality </li><li>The inspector puts pen to paper and makes history </li><li>Prisse, like Moses, carries home stone tablets and paper scrolls </li><li>The undertaker's special and the world's first bestseller </li><li>The book of the dead, guardian of immortality </li><li>Papyrus paper, your ticket to paradise </li><li>The sands of the Nile give up their treasures </li><li>The affair of the oranges </li><li>The floodgates open </li><li>Egypt, papermaker to the world </li><li>The birth of Memphis and paper </li><li>A gift from the gods </li><li>The monopoly </li><li>Growing and managing papyrus for paper </li><li>The emperor and the lewd papermaker </li><li>Taking on the world, and leaving a legacy </li><li>The enemy of oblivion </li><li>Early libraries, paper, and the writing business </li><li>A library to end all libraries and the sweet smell of history </li><li>The Romans and the book trade </li><li>Roman libraries </li><li>Those precious, tender-hearted scrolls</li><li>Saving the day</li><li>Media one makes its mark in the world </li><li>The last bastion, the church of Rome </li><li>Constantinople and the long goodbye </li><li>End of the road and the battle of the Talas river </li><li>The mystery of the disappearing plant </li><li>The pharaoh's own conquers the Vatican </li><li>The road back </li><li>The road ahead</li></ul>
PB - Pegasus Books
PP - New York, NY
PY - 2018
SN - 9781681778532
EP - 356 pp.
TI - Pharaoh's Treasure: The Origin of Paper and the Rise of Civilization
ER -