Having been thwarted in his invasion of Syria, Napoleon decides to return to Europe and seek his destiny there. Although his grandiose eastern ambitions did not come to fruition, the effects of his Egyptian adventure would be long felt, though not in ways that may have seemed obvious.
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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.
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