Mameluke Ali-With Napoleon from the Tuileries to St. Helena

by Louis-Etienne Saint-Denis

Book Overview

Recollections of Napoleon's French Mameluke

Napoleon Bonaparte's adventure in the Middle East brought him in close contact with the Mamelukes-the dominant military caste of Egypt at the close of the 18th century. As students of the period know, despite the fact that the French inflicted devastating defeats on the Mamelukes, their exotic 'oriental' appearance appealed to a European sense of romance to the degree that Mameluke cavalry took their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782823948
• ISBN13: 9781782823940
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"