The Egyptian Campaign Part 1: Dreams of the Orient

In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte, a rising star in the French military, sets out with his army across the Mediterranean Sea toward Egypt. We discuss the complex geopolitical and personal rationales that factored into this fateful decision.

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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.