The man who deciphered Linear B

In 1900, Arthur Evans unearthed the supposed palace of King Minos in Crete, leading to the discovery of Linear B, a mysterious script. This book chronicles the epic intellectual journey to decipher Linear B, a challenge that eluded Evans but was ultimately solved by the enigmatic young architect Michael Ventris in 1952. Based on extensive primary sources, this account explores Ventris's life, his brilliant linguistic intuitions, and the breakthrough that revealed Linear B as Europe's earliest comprehensible writing system.