Napoleon's Australia [electronic resource]
Terry Smyth2018
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'A fascinating insight into French ambition and amity in Australia, bursting
with joie de vivre' - David Hunt, bestselling author of Girt
In the northern winter of 1814, a French armada set sail for New South Wales.
The armada's mission was the invasion of Sydney, and its inspiration and its
fate were interwoven with one of history's greatest love stories - that of
Napoleon and Josephine.
The Empress Josephine was fascinated by all things Australian. In the gardens of
her grand estate, Malmaison, she kept kangaroos, emus, black swans and other
Australian animals, along with hundreds of native plants brought back by French
explorers in peacetime. And even when war raged between France and Britain,
ships known to be carrying Australian flora and fauna for 'Josephine's Ark' were
given safe passage.
Napoleon, too, had an abiding interest in Australia, but for quite different
reasons. What Britain and its Australian colonies did not know was that French
explorers visitin...
Main title:
Napoleon's Australia [electronic resource] / Terry Smyth
Author:
Terry Smyth, Author
Imprint:
Sydney : Random House Australia, 2018
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (336 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780143787297
Language:
English
BRN:
449725
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