Napoleon in Egypt

2009-09-15 History

Author : Paul Strathern
Release : 2009-09-15
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 240/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Napoleon in Egypt written by Paul Strathern. This book was released on 2009-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte, only twenty-eight, set sail for Egypt with 335 ships, 40,000 soldiers, and a collection of scholars, artists, and scientists to establish an eastern empire. He saw himself as a liberator, freeing the Egyptians from oppression. But Napoleon wasn’t the first—nor the last—who tragically misunderstood Muslim culture. Marching across seemingly endless deserts in the shadow of the pyramids, pushed to the limits of human endurance, his men would be plagued by mirages, suicides, and the constant threat of ambush. A crusade begun in honor would degenerate into chaos. And yet his grand failure also yielded a treasure trove of knowledge that paved the way for modern Egyptology—and it tempered the complex leader who believed himself destined to conquer the world.

Napoleon's Egypt

2007-08-07 History

Author : Juan Cole
Release : 2007-08-07
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 411/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Napoleon's Egypt written by Juan Cole. This book was released on 2007-08-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this vivid and timely history, Juan Cole tells the story of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Revealing the young general's reasons for leading the expedition against Egypt in 1798 and showcasing his fascinating views of the Orient, Cole delves into the psychology of the military titan and his entourage. He paints a multi-faceted portrait of the daily travails of the soldiers in Napoleon's army, including how they imagined Egypt, how their expectations differed from what they found, and how they grappled with military challenges in a foreign land. Cole ultimately reveals how Napoleon's invasion, the first modern attempt to invade the Arab world, invented and crystallized the rhetoric of liberal imperialism.

Napoleon

2012 Art

Author : Ted Gott
Release : 2012
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 553/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Napoleon written by Ted Gott. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This panoramic volume tells the story of French art, culture and life from the 1770s to the 1820s: the first French voyages of discovery to Australia, the stormy period of social change with the outbreak of the French Revolution, and the rise to power of the young Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife Josephine.

Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt

2023-08-15 History

Author : Jonathan North
Release : 2023-08-15
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 329/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt written by Jonathan North. This book was released on 2023-08-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'My horse took the force of his sabre, but I was able to hack at his hands... Wounded quite badly, he went down only to try again. I was tired of this game, so I threw myself onto him and staved in his head.' Jonathan North presents an astonishing history of Napoleon's early 'bartering of lives for glory' based on the words of the soldiers.

تاريخ مدة الفرنسيس بمصر

1975 History

Author : ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al- Ǧabartī
Release : 1975
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 813/5 ( reviews)

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