Superb classic study of Napoleon’s extraordinary campaign to subdue the Middle East and reach India via Egypt. Frustrated by two Englishmen: Nelson at the Nile and Sir Sidney Smith at Acre - Bonaparte was nonetheless able to return home (minus his army) and seize supreme power

Since it was first published in 1962, Herold’s book has stood the test of time as the classic study of Napoleon’s bid to reach India and find immortality via the conquest of Egypt. Herold covers all aspects of an extraordinary campaign - military, political and cultural. Initially, young General Bonaparte carried all before him - defeating Egypt’s ruling Mameluk caste at the Battle of the Pyramids and occupying the Egyptian capital Cairo. However, he had reckoned without a man whose military genius equalled his own : Nelson. The British Admiral’s destruction of Napoleon’s fleet, anchored in Aboukir Bay, at the Battle of the Nile, left Bonaparte’s army stranded in a hostile continent, and his bold attempt to restore his fortunes by conquering the Holy Land was frustrated by another Englishman - Sir Sidney Smith - at Acre. Despite such reverses, when Napoleon returned to France in 1799 his prestige was such that he was able to take supreme power. The days of his greatest glory still lay ahead of him. Superb, sweeping and scholarly history, this is a book to treasure.

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Product Code:	10902
Author:	J. Christopher Herold; foreword by Christopher Summerville
Format:	424pp, sb Published Price £14.99
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