The Egyptian Campaign Part 5: Imperial Legacies

Egyptian Campaign
Written By Willem Conner

Cover Image: Battle of the Pyramids by Louis-Joseph Watteau, c. 1798-1799

Closing Theme: "Partant Pour la Syrie Medley" comp. Hortense de Beauharnais

Having been thwarted in his invasion of Syria, Napoleon decides to return to Europe and seek his destiny there. Although his grandiose eastern ambitions did not come to fruition, the effects of his Egyptian adventure would be long felt, though not in ways that may have seemed obvious.

 
 
Willem Conner
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