"Napoleon's Mameluke: The Memoirs of Roustam Raeza" Topic
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| Tango01 | 11 Apr 2014 11:23 p.m. PST |
"Roustam Raza was sold into slavery in Egypt, then given to General Napoleon Bonaparte in August 1799. For fifteen years, he was Napoleon''s personal bodyguard, always with the emperor and sleeping across his doorway. His reminiscences include Russia in 1812 and life in the imperial palaces. He didn''t follow Napoleon into exile in 1814. The memoirs contain a host of anecdotes on Napoleon and the Napoleonic world. Jonathan North is a historian of the Napoleonic era. He has published With Napoleon in Russia: The Illustrated Memoirs of Faber du Faur and Napoleon''s Army in Russia: The Illustrated Memoirs of Albrecht Adam, 1812" See here
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Armand |
| Jeigheff | 12 Apr 2014 6:17 a.m. PST |
That's a book I'd like to read! Jeff |
| ThePeninsularWarin15mm | 12 Apr 2014 8:58 a.m. PST |
I have to agree, this would be a very intriguing book to read from a non-soldier's point of view. He likely has many interesting tales and off the cuff remarks made by Napoleon that never got written down elsewhere. |
| Tango01 | 12 Apr 2014 11:14 a.m. PST |
Glad you like the book boys!. (smile). Amicalement
Armand |
| magister equitum | 12 Apr 2014 12:19 p.m. PST |
There's already a review in the New York Times of 1911 :)
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| ThePeninsularWarin15mm | 15 Apr 2014 1:25 p.m. PST |
I read the article in the New York times. Very well done. It they could manage to write such informative articles today, they might not be shrinking and on the verge of of vanishing. Good find Magiester Equitum. |
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