Napoleon: A Biography

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himself the absolute ruler of France or he had to win fresh laurels in the
field. With this in mind, he included yet another possible scenario in his
letter to the Directors. If he could not emulate his hero Julius Caesar by
setting foot in England as a conqueror, he would rival his other hero
Alexander the Great by winning glory in the East. His thoughts now
increasingly turned to Egypt.

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