Napoleon's Lost Fleet: Bonaparte, Nelson, and the Battle of the Nile

by Ellen Blue Phillips and Laura Foreman

Book Overview

Featuring more than 200 full-color illustrations--including dramatic photos of the current undersea exploration to discover Napoleon's fleet, lost off the coast of Egypt--this book provides a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563318318
• ISBN13: 9781563318313
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Discovery Books
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.3" x 10.4"

Customer Reviews

A wonderful book!

This large and attractive book was created by the Discovery Channel, to tell the story of the Battle of the Nile. Brimming with details, the book tells the story of the French Revolution and the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, followed by the life of Horatio Nelson, and the exciting finale: a minute-by-minute retelling of the Battle of the Nile in 1798. Along the way, the reader is treated to many excellent pictures, charts and graphs, not to mention a plethora of highly informative sidebars.This is a wonderful book, one that will please readers that know nothing about the subject, and those that know a lot. I am very glad that I was able to get ahold of it, and highly recommend it to you!

Napoleon in Egypt makes wonderful history reading for all

Accompanying a Discovery episode, the book tells the story of Napoleon's conquest of Egypt, and his Battle of the Nile with Lord Nelson. Beautifully illustrated, the authors dramatically relate the surrounding events in a detailed and clear style. A final chapter about excavations by Frank Goddio and his underwater team has provided marvelous photographs and much information about recent discoveries. Definitely a must-read for all interested in historical events, Napoleon, marine archaeology and Egypt.

Great Book!

As a history buff and Discovery Channel fan, I really loved this book