Author: Paul Strathern
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553385240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
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.
Napoleon in Egypt
Author: Paul Strathern
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553385240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553385240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
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.
Yachtman's Pilot to the Harbours of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland... Europe from Yvuiden to ... Toulon
Author: Edward Keble Chatterton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sailing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sailing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Yachtsman's Pilot to the Harbours of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland; & the Continent of Europe from Ymuiden to Bordeaux; Bordeaux to Sete by Inland Waters; the Mediterranean Harbours from Sete to Toulon ... Illustrated with 32 Harbour Plans
Author: Edward Keble Chatterton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
No Higher Purpose
Author: William Alexander Binny Douglas
Publisher: Virago Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Depository Library Program.
Publisher: Virago Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Depository Library Program.
The Yachtsman's Pilot to the Harbours of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, & the Continent of Europe from Ymuiden to Bordeaux
Author: Edward Keble Chatterton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Badenheim Nineteen-thirty-nine
Author: Aharon Apelfeld
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9780879237998
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
A tale of Europe in the days just before the war. It tells of a small group of Jewish holiday makers in the resort of Badenheim in the Spring of 1939. Hitler's war looms, but Badenheim and its summer residents go about life as normal."
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9780879237998
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
A tale of Europe in the days just before the war. It tells of a small group of Jewish holiday makers in the resort of Badenheim in the Spring of 1939. Hitler's war looms, but Badenheim and its summer residents go about life as normal."
A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1740-44
Author: George Anson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The Naval Service of Canada, 1910-2010
Author: Richard H. Gimblett
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459713222
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
This highly illustrated commemorative volume chronicles the full century of the Canadian navy as a proud national institution. Comprehensive coverage includes the origins of the Canadian navy in 1867, both world wars, the Korean conflict, the postwar period, and a look at the navy of the future.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459713222
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
This highly illustrated commemorative volume chronicles the full century of the Canadian navy as a proud national institution. Comprehensive coverage includes the origins of the Canadian navy in 1867, both world wars, the Korean conflict, the postwar period, and a look at the navy of the future.
Grasshoppers
Author: Anika Abraham
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1502641917
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Using colorful photographs and simple language, this book explores the life of a grasshopper, its traits and survival methods, and its habitat and distribution. Each page educates the reader on a different aspect of a grasshopper's life, its beginnings, food habits, defense mechanisms, and special characteristics, such as its wings and ear placement. This book is sure to engage and excite young readers in a fun and visual way.
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1502641917
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Using colorful photographs and simple language, this book explores the life of a grasshopper, its traits and survival methods, and its habitat and distribution. Each page educates the reader on a different aspect of a grasshopper's life, its beginnings, food habits, defense mechanisms, and special characteristics, such as its wings and ear placement. This book is sure to engage and excite young readers in a fun and visual way.
The U-boat Hunters
Author: Marc Milner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The author's close look at RCN operations provides an important historical record of the role of a small-ship navy in the western alliance.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The author's close look at RCN operations provides an important historical record of the role of a small-ship navy in the western alliance.