Napoleon's Mameluke: The Memoirs of Roustam Raeza

by Roustam Raza, Jonathan North (Editor)

Roustam Raza was sold into slavery in Egypt, then given to General Napoleon Bonaparte in August 1799. For fifteen years, he was Napoleon's personal bodyguard, always with the emperor and sleeping across his doorway. His reminiscences include Russia in 1812 and life in the imperial palaces. He didn't follow Napoleon into exile in 1814. The memoirs contain a host of anecdotes on Napoleon and the Napoleonic world. Jonathan North is a historian of the Napoleonic era. He has published With Napoleon in The Illustrated Memoirs of Faber du Faur and Napoleon's Army in The Illustrated Memoirs of Albrecht Adam, 1812 .

256 pages, Paperback

First published October 20, 2014

Reviews

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Очень интересная книга, Рустам Раза весьма просто и лаконично повествует историю своей необыкновенной жизни. Рустам был одним из приближенных людей императора Наполеона. Армянин по происхождению он теряет семью, попадает семикратно в рабство, а затем был подарен шейхом Наполеону и становится телохранителем и оруженосцем императора.