Napoleon's Proconsul in Egypt: The Life and Times of Bernardino Drovetti by Ronald T. Ridley (Author)
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ISBN: 9780948695599
Publisher : Stacey International, December 31, 1998
Paperback, 384 pages
Bernardino Drovetti was the French consul in Egypt for most of the early 19th century. After an important career in the Napoleonic army, he came to Egypt in 1803 where he was to play a leading role in many fields: diplomacy, politics, archaeology and exploration, amassing no fewer than three collections of antiquities.