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Guns in the Desert: General Jean-Pierre Doguereau´s Journal of Napoleon´s Egyptian Expedition
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Description for Guns in the Desert: General Jean-Pierre Doguereau´s Journal of Napoleon´s Egyptian Expedition
Hardback. A French Artillery officer's colorful account of Napoleon's little-known expedition to Egypt in 1798. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBG; HBJH; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 507.
This lively, firsthand account of an army trapped in a hostile land, cut off from reinforcement and facing powerful enemies, is offered in English for the first time. As an active artillery officer, Jean-Pierre Doguereau was present at most of the major battles and sieges of the campaign. He suffered the hardships and disappointments and experienced the triumphs and hopes of the courageous, but ultimately doomed, Army of the Orient. While essentially the account of a professional soldier, the journal also details Doguereau's wonder and reflections on the invaded country and its people, so different from the land he and ... Read more
This lively, firsthand account of an army trapped in a hostile land, cut off from reinforcement and facing powerful enemies, is offered in English for the first time. As an active artillery officer, Jean-Pierre Doguereau was present at most of the major battles and sieges of the campaign. He suffered the hardships and disappointments and experienced the triumphs and hopes of the courageous, but ultimately doomed, Army of the Orient. While essentially the account of a professional soldier, the journal also details Doguereau's wonder and reflections on the invaded country and its people, so different from the land he and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780313325120
SKU
V9780313325120
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