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Published on: 2008-10-21
Released on: 2008-10-21
Original language: English

“Europe is a molehill….”Everything here is worn out…tiny Europe has not enough to offer.We must set off for the Orient; that is where all the greatest glory is to be achieved.” —NapoleonNapoleon’s invasion of Egypt was the first Western attack in modern times on a Middle Eastern country. In this remarkably rich and eminently readable historical account, acclaimed author Paul Strathern reconstructs a mission of conquest inspired by glory, executed in haste, and bound for disaster.In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte, only twenty-eight, mounted the most audacious military campaign of his already spectacular career. With 335 ships, 40,000 soldiers, and a collection of scholars, artists, scientists, and inventors, he set sail for Egypt to establish an Eastern empire in emulation of Alexander the Great. Like everything Napoleon ever attempted, it was a plan marked by unquenchable ambition, heroic romanticism, and not a little madness. Napoleon saw himself as a liberator, freeing the Egyptians from the oppression of their Mameluke overlords. But while Napoleon thought his army would be welcomed as heroes, he tragically misunderstood Muslim culture and grossly overestimated the “gratitude” he could expect from those he’d come to save. Instead Napoleon and his men would face a grim war of attrition against an ad hoc army of Muslims led by the feared Murad Bey. Marching across seemingly endless deserts in the shadow of the pyramids, suffering extremes of heat and thirst, and pushed to the limits of human endurance, they would be plagued by mirages, suicides, and the constant threat of ambush. A crusade begun in honor and intended for glory would degenerate toward chaos and atrocity.But Napoleon’s grand failure in Egypt also yielded vast treasures of knowledge about a culture largely lost to the West, and through the recovery of artifacts like the Rosetta Stone, it prepared the way for the translation of hieroglyphics and modern Egyptology. And it tempered the complex leader who believed it his destiny to conquer the world. A story of war, adventure, politics, and a clash of cultures, Paul Strathern’s Napoleon in Egypt is history at once relevant and impossible to put down. Napoleon Bonaparte - New World Encyclopedia Although Napoleon himself developed few military innovations apart from the divisional squares employed in Egypt and the placement of artillery into batteries he ... Biography for Kids: Napoleon Bonaparte - Ducksters Kids learn about the biography of Napoleon Bonaparte the first Emperor of France who conquered much of Europe before being defeated and sent into exile. Napoleon - Wikipedia Napoleon was born on 15 August 1769 to Carlo Maria di Buonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino in his family's ancestral home Casa Buonaparte in Ajaccio the capital ... The Campaigns of Napoleon - Napoleon Bonaparte The Campaigns of Napoleon. During his long career Napoleon Bonaparte conquered most of Europe and became such a feared ... Egypt : Napoleon Bonaparte's Campaign in Egypt : the ... A 3-page history of the Egyptian Campaign (1798-1801) including background troop movements hyperlinks to additional information on persons places and terms used ... BBC - iWonder - Napoleon Bonaparte: The Little Corporal ... The Napoleon complex. Diminutive in stature but towering in influence few figures in history stand taller than Napoleon Bonaparte. Loved by his men feared by his ... Napoleon - Emperor Military Leader - Biography.com Napoleon Bonaparte the first emperor of France is regarded as one of the greatest military leaders in the history of the West. Learn more at Biography.com. Napoleon in Egypt - Balkan Military History In 1798 Napoleon Bonaparte persuaded the ruling Directory to invade Egypt. He sailed from Toulon on 19 June with a French fleet commanded by Admiral Brueys of nearly ... Napoleon in Egypt : Newline Designs Suppliers of superior ... Newline Designs : Napoleon in Egypt - Newline Designs 28mm Ranges Newline Designs 1/72nd Ranges Newline Designs 20mm Ranges Gift Certificates Mongrel Miniatures (28mm ... Napoleon - Simple English Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Napoleon Bonaparte (French: Napolon Bonaparte Italian: Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 5 May 1821) was a military and political leader of France. He ...
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