Correspondance de l'armée française en Égypte, pp. 62–3. ... Return to text Cited in La Jonquière, L'Expédition en Égypte 1798–1801, Vol. ... This does not match with the edition translated by Gaston Wiet published in Cairo in 1950.
Describes Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion of Egypt in 1798, the first attack on a Middle Eastern country by a Western power in modern times, examining Napoleon's military victories, his declaration of himself as emperor, the introduction of ...
Napoleon Bonaparte's goal in setting sail for Egypt in 1798 was to establish new colonies for the French and to threaten British trade with India. While the immediate impact of...
Napoleon in Egypt: The History and Legacy of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria chronicles one of the legendary French leader's most forgotten campaigns.
This book is a narrow view of a turning point in modern history. Napoleon's conquest of Egypt in 1798 was the first contact between an imperial Western power and an...