tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post619981151790422750..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Return Engagement: And One Redouté went to EgyptUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-28620185704310961732014-01-31T06:38:27.005-05:002014-01-31T06:38:27.005-05:00People forget what an utter shit Napoleon was. It ...People forget what an utter shit Napoleon was. It is extraordinary how he managed to return to France and persuade everyone he was a hero.Drayton Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871107998046212949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-45223246870752070552014-01-30T06:50:09.532-05:002014-01-30T06:50:09.532-05:00this gave me yet another plot bunny - French girl ...this gave me yet another plot bunny - French girl whose savant father dies tries to carry on his work and has to be rescued by a group of Arabs - by a British officer who is an amateur archaeologist who got permission to come ashore to do his own survey.... Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-86096049546596997272014-01-30T06:47:02.264-05:002014-01-30T06:47:02.264-05:00The description of conditions at the time is fasci...The description of conditions at the time is fascianting - my favourite artist who painted Egyptian scenes (in the 1830's) was David Roberts. I visited Egypt a while back and it was fascianting to see how the scenes which he sketched had changed (or not, as the case may be). I had no idea that the conditions at the time he toured Egypt were as harsh as you mention.Mike Rendellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17426662566641071103noreply@blogger.com