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The French Army of the Orient 1798-1801 - Napoleon'S Beloved 'Egyptians' (Paperback)
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The French Army of the Orient 1798-1801 - Napoleon'S Beloved 'Egyptians' (Paperback)
Series: From Reason to Revolution
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More than 200 years ago - under the inspiration and leadership of
Bonaparte - a revolutionary French Army invaded Egypt, then part of
the Ottoman Empire; this presence lasted beyond Bonaparte's own
departure and subsequent rise to power as First Consul. It ended
with another invasion - this time by the British - and the
repatriation in France of what was left of the 'Army of the
Orient'. The birth of Egyptology; the rise of modern Egypt; the
demise of the Ottoman Empire; and start of 'the great game' have
all been often told and studied, but what is less well known is
that as the French found themselves stranded in a foreign land -
profoundly alien to them in culture and climate - they had to adapt
to survive. Egypt was a proving ground for many officers and
ordinary soldiers who were to rise to prominence during the
Napoleonic period. Some of Napoleon's future inner circle - like
Davout, Savary and Lasalle - were first spotted by the young
Bonaparte in Egypt, and although initially unplanned as such, it
turned out to be the first attempt by the French to build a colony
on the African continent. It especially led the French Army to
adopt totally new clothing and equipment; to organise native units;
and even to draft men from faraway Darfur into its own ranks.
Drawing from a wealth of original primary material - much of it
never published or even seen before - this study focuses on the
French Army of the Orient and its organisation, uniforms, equipment
and daily life. It aims at providing a renewed and updated image of
the French soldier, as told by the surviving archives, memoirs and
rare contemporary iconography.
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