Napoleon's Egyptian Campaigns 1798-1801
Contributors: Gerry Embleton (Illustrator)
Series: Men at Arms Series, 79
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: March 26, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780850451269
Subjects: African history: c 1500 to c 1900; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; War & defence operations; History: World; History - Military / War; Egypt; Europe; Europe - France; Military - Napoleonic Wars; History / Military / General
First sentence: The imaginative strategic plan of Revolutionary France to cut Britain's lifeline to India by seizing Egypt and the Levant was an epic adventure, set amongst some of the most ancient places of history, then almost unknown to Europeans.