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Looking back on it, Napoleon remembered the Egyptian campaign as "the most beautiful time in my life." He pictured himself, he wrote, "founding a religion, marching into Asia, riding an elephant, a turban on my head and in my hand the new Koran that I would have composed to suit my needs. I was full of dreams...
...French fleet of 400 sails that left Toulon on May 19, 1798, managed to evade a British squadron under Admiral Nelson in the fog and sailed on to Alexandria undisturbed. With an advance guard of only 5,000 men (out of a total force of 50,000, including sailors), Napoleon landed through the surf on a remote beach and advanced on Alexandria by night with neither cavalry nor artillery. Taking the garrison by surprise, he captured the city with only an estimated 200 casualties...
...Napoleon, Ohio...
...hero say to Napoleon, when the Emperor names him King of Westphalia: "Gee, is my wife gonna be happy when she hears this...
...lived surrounded by rich inlay, intricately carved paneling, rare porcelains, precious furniture. He could point to a table and say. "That belonged to Marie Antoinette." A magnificent desk with inlay of metal and tortoise shell in ebony had belonged to Queen Victoria. Fribourg's bed was one that Napoleon had had made for himself and Marie Louise; it bears the date of their wedding. Fribourg owned 18th century Gobelin tapestries and Sèvres china designed by Boucher; he had 70 rare gold boxes that were once used for snuff or jewelry, of which the best examples could today...