[PDF.54mw] Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt

Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt

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 | #1182962 in Books |  Nina Burleigh |  2008-12-09 |  2008-12-09 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.00 x.81 x5.34l,.53 | File type: PDF | 320 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Four Stars|By David K|Fascinating subject matter but not well written|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Very good read|By Teresa J|I'm interested in the archaeological side of Napoleon's expedition and having seen copies of the Description de l'Egypt I was interested in the men behind that. Nina's book was wond|From Publishers Weekly|When 28-year-old Napoleon invaded Egypt in 1798, his band of 50,000 soldiers and sailors was accompanied by 151 Parisian scientists and artists, who laid the groundwork for what became Egyptology. Ten of these remarkable men are the focus

Two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared to traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. But in 1798, more than 150 French engineers, artists, doctors, and scientists—even a poet and a musicologist—traveled to the Nile Valley under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte and his invading army. Hazarding hunger, hardship, uncertainty, and disease, Napoleon's "savants" risked their lives in pursuit of discove...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt   |  Nina Burleigh. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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