Saturday May 01, 2021
The Egyptian Campaign Part 4: Leaving for Syria
Facing an attempt by the Ottomans to retake Egypt, Napoleon takes his army on the offensive into neighboring Syria. A climatic confrontation with the Ottomans and their British allies ensues, the result of which could alter the course of world history.
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Bibliography
De, Bourrienne Louis Antoine Fauvelet. The Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 1, Forgotten Books, 2008.
Herold, J. Christopher. Bonaparte in Egypt. Fireship Press, 2009.
Jabarti Abd al-Rahman. Al-Jabartiʼs Chronicle of the French Occupation, 1798: Napoleon in Egypt. Markus Wiener Publishers, 1995.
Strathern, Paul. Napoleon in Egypt. Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks, 2009.
Cover Image: Battle of the Pyramids by Louis-Joseph Watteau, c. 1798-1799.
Opening Theme: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 by Antonín Dvořák.
Closing Theme: "Partant Pour la Syrie Medley" comp. Hortense de Beauharnais.
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