Ebook {Epub PDF} Napoleon in Egypt by Paul Strathern

 · Napoleon’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 , Napoleon Bonaparte, only twenty. The best book I read in was “Napoleon in Egypt” by Paul Strathern. It is about the invasion, in , of an Egypt that was then nominally part of the Ottoman Empire, by an army of Revolutionary France, led by General Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon’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/5(60).

― Paul Strathern, Napoleon in Egypt. 1 likes. Like "the Egyptian expedition would later attempt to explore the inside of the Great Pyramid, which had only been opened up again a few years previously. The French traveler Savary was one of the first to penetrate the interior, and most vividly evokes the atmosphere inside the pyramid at this. 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 bltadwin.ru the Hardcover edition. Edit. Napoleon in Egypt This edition was published in by Bantam Dell in New York, NY. According to Paul Strathern in Napoleon in Egypt, Napoleon read about Alexander's conquest at the age of 20 in Volney's Voyage en Egypte. Napoleon was He was a romantic, inspired by the conquests of Alexander and Caesar. He spoke of a voyage to Egypt daily with his generals and became obsessed with mounting this campaign (27).

Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt was the first Western attack in modern times on a Middle Eastern. Napoleon in Egypt: 'The Greatest Glory' (Paperback) Paul Strathern. Published by Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom () ISBN ISBN New Paperback Quantity: 1. Seller: Book Depository International. (London, United Kingdom) Rating. napoleon in egypt by Paul Strathern ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 21, Strathern (James Joyce in 90 Minutes, , etc.) wades into the muddy waters of France’s fabled North African campaign in –