Nina Burleigh

Mirage

Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt

Buch

Two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared to traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. But in 1798, more than 150 French engineers, artists, doctors, and scientists—even a poet and a musicologist—traveled to the Nile Valley under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte and his invading army. Hazarding hunger, hardship, uncertainty, and disease, Napoleon's savants risked their lives in pursuit of discovery. The first large-scale interaction between Europeans and Muslims in the modern era, the audacious expedition was both a triumph and a disaster, resulting in finds of immense historical and… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-06-059768-9
EAN: 9780060597689
Produktnummer: 3647215
Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Ausstattung: Trade Paperback

Über den Autor

Nina Burleigh is the author of four books. She is a noted journalist whose articles have appeared in Time, the Washington Post, New York magazine, Elle, and many other publications. She lives in New York City.