Napoleon's Proconsul in Egypt: the Life and Times of Bernardino Drovetti
Author:   Robert,G. Ridley
Publisher:   Stacey International
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9780948695599


Pages:   384
Publication Date:   01 January 1995
Format:   Paperback
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Napoleon's Proconsul in Egypt: the Life and Times of Bernardino Drovetti


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Author:   Robert,G. Ridley
Publisher:   Stacey International
Imprint:   The Rubicon Press
ISBN:  

9780948695599


ISBN 10:   0948695595
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   01 January 1995
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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The making of a lawyer, soldier and diplomat; Drovetti's first consulate, 1803-1815 - the rise to power of Mehemet Ali; the interregnum, 1815-1821 - politics, archaeology and exploration; Drovetti restored - Consul-General, 1821-1829; private citizen once more, 1829-1852; the transformation of Egypt during the reign of Mehemet Ali - Drovetti's contribution; three museums - the Drovetti collections and Drovetti and excavator; the measure of the man; appendices - the Drovetti family tree, European officers in the Egyptian army 1825, the Drovetti collection in Torino.

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Professor Ronald Ridley holds a personal chair in the Department of History in the University of Melbourne, where he teaches the history of ancient Egypt through to Rome. His other major interests include the history of historiography, of archaeology and of autobiography. This is his tenth book.

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