Book - "Napoleon's Nightmare & The Great Pyramid." by Ashlyn Brady

Hello Friends,

This week, I’m excited to be blogging about my first non-fiction short book. The inspiration to write it started here at my blogger site. Back in November 2016, I wrote about Napoleon’s Nightmare & The Great Pyramid, and for a time, it was a popular post.

Afterward, I was still curious about Napoleon Bonaparte’s expedition to Egypt. He was an army general and a military genius yet he sponsored the beginnings of Egyptology. I decided to investigate further and the information I found grew more and more interesting.

Napoleon Bonaparte is still a controversial man who divides opinions. I didn’t know the British chased his fleet across the Mediterranean and had trouble finding where he’d landed on the Egyptian coast. The short book expands the history of Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt with the British Navy in pursuit of him. The chase eventually ended with a boom of cannons and devastation.

The Great Pyramid is one of the world’s enigmas. Napoleon Bonaparte spent an evening inside the King’s Chamber of the pyramid and so did two modern men. The stories of their encounters with feminine presences captured my interest. Many studies have been undertaken on the physical characteristics of the Great Pyramid, but I hadn’t thought much about the pyramid’s mystical qualities or the inner, invisible realms. An old stone tablet found near the Sphinx praised Goddess Isis as the mistress of the pyramids which only deepens the mystery.

I decided to put all of the information together and try my hand at writing a short non-fiction book. Thank you to the people who read my original blog post. You encouraged me to try a new writing venture into non-fiction. This is my first short book in the Goddess Mystery series. 

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Here’s the Book Blurb

One man’s nightmare led to a major turning point in history…

Over the millennia, Egypt’s enigmatic Great Pyramid of Giza has withstood robbers and earthquakes. In 1798, during the troubled times of the revolution, the French Government sent a young, ambitious general on a military expedition to Egypt. Napoleon Bonaparte’s great curiosity would lead him to the archaic Great Pyramid.

After an overnight stay inside the King’s Chamber, Napoleon was pale and shaken. He left us with very little insight into what he’d experienced, but after his failed campaign in Egypt, Napoleon would overthrow the French Government and sponsor the beginning of Egyptology.

In more recent times, two men had mystical experiences with female presences inside the Great Pyramid. Their accounts suggest the Great Pyramid continues to be a place of goddess healing energy, spiritual power, and where transformation of consciousness is possible.

I invite you to turn the page and enjoy the trip to Egypt.

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Napoleon’s Nightmare & The Great Pyramid is available now for $0.99 US from these e-book retailers.

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Have a good weekend,

and enjoy whatever book you’re reading.

♥ Ashlyn

Napoleon's Nightmare & The Great Pyramid

Hello Friends, this week I’m taking a different direction with the Aliens and Great Pyramid theme. I’ve been writing about the external or outside characteristics of the Great Pyramid. This week I’m writing about Napoleon Bonaparte’s mysterious encounter inside the Great Pyramid.

In 1798, during the time of the French Revolution, General Napoleon Bonaparte led a scientific and military expedition to Egypt. Lost treasures were discovered, uncovered and studied by his scholars. One of Napoleon’s soldiers made a significant find, or some say, the most important Egyptian artifact was recovered in modern history—the Rosetta Stone found in the town of Rosetta (Rashid) in the Nile delta area.

 The Rosetta Stone in the British Museum photographed by Matija Podhraski
source: wiki commons 

 The slab of black rock had the same message carved in 3 different languages which allowed scholars to compare and finally translate the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphics. The world of dynastic Egypt inscribed on the walls of buildings, artifacts and written on papyrus scrolls could now be interpreted.

Napoleon didn’t succeed in overthrowing the Turkish rule of Egypt or thwarting England’s access to its colonies. But Napoleon’s campaign in Egypt changed his life, and he returned to France to overthrow the government and become Emperor. (In my recent Paris Bone Crypt 2 post  I wrote about Napoleon’s grand ambitions to transform Paris into a modern, beautiful city.)

In August of 1799, before Napoleon left Egypt, he made a special visit to the Great Pyramid. Military leaders from the ancient world like Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar had reportedly spent a night in the King’s Chamber of the Great Pyramid. Napoleon Bonaparte wanted the same experience for himself.

Bonaparte Before the Sphinx painted by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1867-1868
source: wiki commons

Back then, access inside the Great Pyramid was a challenge with low ceilings and the blocks of stone to climb around. While his soldiers waited outside, Napoleon reportedly spent 7 hours alone inside the King’s Chamber. When he emerged, he was said to be pale and visibly shaken. He refused to speak of what he’d experienced inside the Great Pyramid, and never wanted it mentioned again.

On Napoleon’s death bed, a friend asked him about the mysterious night he’d spent inside the King’s Chamber.

He hesitated, and then replied, “No what’s the use. You’d never believe me.”

Speculation remains over what Napoleon experienced inside the King’s Chamber. Was it a bad dream? Contact with aliens? Hallucinations? Or prophetic visions of himself and his future? 

Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, a leader with significant achievements took his secrets to the grave. “The scholars' research in Egypt gave rise to the Description de l’Egypte, published on Napoleon's orders between 1809 and 1821. Napoleon’s discoveries in Egypt gave rise to fascination with Ancient Egyptian culture and the birth of Egyptology in Europe.” source: wikipedia

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Well friends, writing about Aliens and The Great Pyramid was something that came out of the blue and caught me by surprise. I find myself wanting to do more research but the end of the year is fast approaching. So in 2017, I intend to come back with more Egypt posts and I hope you can join me again. In the meantime, I have more romance writing to complete before the holiday season, and some posts influenced by “The Dressmaker” movie to plan.

Enjoy your weekend. 

♥ Ashlyn

P.S. After I wrote this blog post, I did more research and published a short book.

One man’s nightmare led to a major turning point in history…

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Enjoy!