The Code Book

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Books
Genre:	Science
Author:	Simon Singh

It sets out to be a history of code/cypher making and breaking, but diverts into the interpretation of ancients scripts for a chapter. It's a fairly light read, but manages to include details of how some codes work. A good starting point before going on to more technical books.

There was also a TV series based on the book.