Mémoires de Napoléon: La campagne d’Egypte (Vol. II) (in French)

 
From the publishers:
During the last years of his life, Napoleon set to dictating his memoirs. These texts should not, however, be confused with the memoirs published by his companions in exile, the success of which has often seen the French emperor's own account of his life left in the dark. Conscious of the remarkable nature of his career, he was not about to let anyone but himself recount and interpret his story. And so for more than five years, on the tiny island of Saint Helena, he oversaw a veritable factory dedicated to the production of history. Painstakingly dictated, reread and corrected by Napoleon himself, these memoirs constitute, if you will, the principal protoganist's view of key moments in his own epic saga. Which makes the fact that these writings have not been republished for over one hundred years all the more perplexing.
 
This second volume of Napoleon's memoirs delivers his account of the Egyptian Campaign. Despite preferring not to expand on the eventual defeat that brought the expedition to a close, this retelling of the events nevertheless remains an eye-witness account of the highest order. The dictation process involved all of the principal characters who accompanied Napoleon into exile on the island, including Grand Maréchal Bertrand, who also participated in this fabulous expedition. Afforded the very best in military technology and resources, the upmost secrecy surrounded preparations for the campaign, which set off in 1798. Yet to this day it continues to fascinate us, just as it was great cause for fascination at the time. And despite the final result, the expedition nevertheless retains a special place in the Napoleonic legend.