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126. Napoleon in Egypt

“God is too late, you have begun, now I will finish it.” Swash-buckling hero or sacrilegious tyrant? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore Napoleon’s campaign in Egypt, his dream of becoming the next Alexander the Great, and the complicated history between France and Islam.

Series
Standalone
Topics
Napoleonic Wars
Published date
2021-11-29
Year span
1798 – 1801

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