Œuvres de Napoléon Bonaparte, Tome III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

Contributor:

Panckoucke, C. L. F. (Charles Louis Fleury), 1780-1844.

Language:

French

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Œuvres de Napoléon Bonaparte, Tome III" by Emperor of the French Napoleon I is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The text primarily consists of a series of military correspondence detailing Napoleon's campaigns during the Egyptian expedition, particularly the Siege of Acre in 1799. The opening of the work presents a series of letters written by Napoleon while at the command of French forces during the siege. These letters address his generals and various local leaders, outlining troop movements, logistics, and strategies for securing supplies and maintaining order in the region. The tone is authoritative and strategic, reflecting Napoleon's focus on organization and effective communication amidst the complexities of war in a foreign land. The letters also reveal insights into local governance and the dynamics between the French forces and the local populations, emphasizing themes of diplomacy and military leadership during this tumultuous period. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Robert Connal, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France) at http://gallica.bnf.fr

Notes:

Reading ease score: 65.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2004-07-12