Author : Louis Étienne Saint-Denis
Publisher : Leonaur Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781782823940
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Mameluke Ali-With Napoleon from the Tuileries to St. Helena by : Louis Étienne Saint-Denis
Download or read book Mameluke Ali-With Napoleon from the Tuileries to St. Helena written by Louis Étienne Saint-Denis and published by Leonaur Limited. This book was released on 2014-11-21 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recollections of Napoleon's French Mameluke Napoleon Bonaparte's adventure in the Middle East brought him in close contact with the Mamelukes-the dominant military caste of Egypt at the close of the 18th century. As students of the period know, despite the fact that the French inflicted devastating defeats on the Mamelukes, their exotic 'oriental' appearance appealed to a European sense of romance to the degree that Mameluke cavalry took their place in the Imperial Guard. Napoleon notably enrolled a Mameluke, Roustan Raza, as his bodyguard and valet. There was also a second valet, known as 'Ali', in the emperor's service, who was in reality a Frenchman. Louis-Etienne Saint-Denis was born in Versailles in 1788 where his father was an overseer in the royal stables. In common with several servants who occupied a position close to the person of Napoleon, Saint-Denis, 'the French Mameluke', has left us an essential view of the private and intimate world of the emperor's domestic, political and military life. An indispensable addition to every library of the Napoleonic age. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.