Cole, Juan Ricardo.

Napoleon's Egypt : invading the Middle East / Juan Cole. - Cairo, Egypt: The American University in Cairo Press, 2008 - xi, 279 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Originally published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-271)and index.

The genius of liberty -- A sky aflame -- The ferment of the mind -- Grand Cairo -- The flight of Ibrahim Bey -- The most beautiful Nile that has ever been -- Ali Bonaparte -- The constant triumph of reason -- The festival of the republic -- The object of his desires -- The Egyptian revolution -- The fall of the delta and the Arabian jihad.

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Egypt--History--French occupation, 1798-1801.
Egipto--Historia--Ocupación francesa, 1798-1801

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