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100 1 $aStrathern, Paul,$d1940-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93016171
245 10 $aNapoleon in Egypt /$cPaul Strathern.
250 $aBantam hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bBantam Books,$c2008, ©2007.
300 $a480 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color), maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
505 00 $tPrologue: The Song of Departure -- $gI.$tThe Origins of the Egyptian Campaign -- $gII.$t"The Liberator of Italy" -- $gIII.$tThe Cream of France -- $gIV.$tOutward Bound -- $gV.$t"A conquest which will change the world" -- $gVI.$tThe March on Cairo -- $gVII.$tThe Battle of the Pyramids -- $gVIII.$tCairo -- $gIX.$t"Josephine! ... And I am 600 leagues away!" -- $gX.$tThe Battle of the Nile -- $gXI.$t"We are now obliged to accomplish great things" -- $gXII.$tThe Institute of Egypt -- $gXIII.$tLife in Exile -- $gXIV.$tThe Perils of Diplomacy -- $gXV.$tInsurrection -- $gXVI.$tLove and Dreams -- $gXVII.$tA Suez Adventure -- $gXVIII.$tPursuit into Upper Egypt -- $gXIX.$tInto the Unknown -- $gXX.$tA Turn for the Worse -- $gXXI.$tThe Syrian Campaign -- $gXXII.$tThe Siege of Acre -- $gXXIII.$tThe Battle of Mount Tabor -- $gXXIV.$t"That man made me lose my destiny" -- $gXXV.$tThe Retreat from Acre -- $gXXVI.$tSensational Discoveries -- $gXXVII.$tThe Decision of a Lifetime -- $gXXVIII.$tAn Abandoned Army -- $gXXIX.$tAftermath.
500 $aOriginally published : London : Jonathan Cape, 2007.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [429]-460) and index.
520 1 $a"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 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."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aEgypt$xHistory$yFrench occupation, 1798-1801.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041298
600 00 $aNapoleon$bI,$cEmperor of the French,$d1769-1821.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79054933
650 0 $aCivilization$xEgyptian influences.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97005807
651 0 $aFrance$xHistory$y1789-1815.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051346
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008028135-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008028135-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008028135-s.html
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