Napoleon's Campaign in Egypt: The British Army and allies
Author | : Charles Grant |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Egypt |
ISBN | : 9781858185521 |
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Author | : Charles Grant |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Egypt |
ISBN | : 9781858185521 |
Author | : Paul Strathern |
Publisher | : Bantam |
Total Pages | : 514 |
Release | : 2009-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0553385240 |
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.
Author | : Juan Cole |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2007-08-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0230607411 |
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.
Author | : Carole Divall |
Publisher | : From Reason to Revolution |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781911628149 |
An analysis and evaluation of the British army sent to Egypt in 1801 to eject the French Army of the Orient.
Author | : Stuart Reid |
Publisher | : Frontline Books |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2021-07-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1526758474 |
The first campaign medal awarded to British soldiers is reckoned to be that given to those men who fought at Waterloo in 1815, but a decade and a half earlier a group of regiments were awarded a unique badge – a figure of a Sphinx - to mark their service in Egypt in 1801. It was a fitting distinction, for the successful campaign was a remarkable one, fought far from home by a British army which had so far not distinguished itself in battle against Revolutionary France, and one moreover which had the most profound consequences in the Napoleonic wars to come. In 1798 a quixotic French expedition led by a certain General Bonaparte not only to seize Egypt and consolidate French influence in the Mediterranean, but also to open up a direct route to Indian and provide an opportunity to destroy the East India Company and fatally weaken Great Britain. In the event, General Bonaparte returned to France to mount a coup which would eventually see him installed as Emperor of the French, but behind him he abandoned his army, which remained in control of Egypt, still posing a possible threat to the East India Company, until in 1801 a large but rather heterogeneous British Army led by Sir Ralph Abercrombie landed and in a series of hard-fought battles utterly defeated the French. Not only did this campaign establish the hitherto rather doubtful reputation of the British Army, and help secure India, but its capture en route of the islands of Malta gained Britain a base which would enable it to dominate the Mediterranean for the next century and a half. This little understood, but profoundly important campaign at last receives the treatment it deserves in the hands of renowned historian Stuart Reid.
Author | : Yves Martin |
Publisher | : From Reason to Revolution |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781911512714 |
The uniforms, organisation and equipment of Napoleon's French army in Egypt.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Pelangi ePublishing Sdn Bhd |
Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : 2012-11-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9674310746 |
This book is suitable for children age 9 and above. Napoleon Bonaparte was the first emperor of France. He was a very successful military general and he led his army into many victorious battles. This is the story of how a lawyer's son rose to become a powerful emperor.
Author | : Owen Connelly |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780742553187 |
Renowned for its accuracy, brevity, and readability, this book has long been the gold standard of concise histories of the Napoleonic Wars. Now in an updated and revised edition, it is unique in its portrayal of one of the world's great generals as a scrambler who never had a plan, strategic or tactical, that did not break down or change of necessity in the field. Distinguished historian Owen Connelly argues that Napoleon was the master of the broken play, so confident of his ability to improvise, cover his own mistakes, and capitalize on those of the enemy that he repeatedly plunged his armies into uncertain, seemingly desperate situations, only to emerge victorious as he "blundered" to glory. Beginning with a sketch of Napoleon's early life, the book progresses to his command of artillery at Toulon and the "whiff of grapeshot" in Paris that netted him control of the Army of Italy, where his incredible performance catapulted him to fame. The author vividly traces Napoleon's campaigns as a general of the French Revolution and emperor of the French, knowledgeably analyzing each battle's successes and failures. The author depicts Napoleon's "art of war" as a system of engaging the enemy, waiting for him to make a mistake, improvising a plan on the spot-and winning. Far from detracting from Bonaparte's reputation, his blunders rather made him a great general, a "natural" who depended on his intuition and ability to read battlefields and his enemy to win. Exploring this neglected aspect of Napoleon's battlefield genius, Connelly at the same time offers stirring and complete accounts of all the Napoleonic campaigns.
Author | : Jonathan Mallory House |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Armies |
ISBN | : 1428915834 |
Author | : R. B. Parkinson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : |
The Rosetta Stone is one of the most popular artefacts in the British Museum. Containing a decree written in Greek, Demotic and hieroglyphics, it proved to be the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics. This concise study traces the history of `the most famous piece of rock in the world' to become a modern icon and tells the story of the race to use it to decipher Egypt's ancient script by Jean-François Champollion and Thomas Young. Also includes a translation of the text.