Books by Darius A Spieth
Napoleon’s Sorcerers
by Darius A Spieth
This is a quirky book. I was surprised at how much material Spieth had managed to dig up about a very obscure subject, a secret society called The Sacred Order of Sophisians, which had connections to Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign as well as the world of the boulevard theatres. And in a time where censorship was still going strong it became a safe place for them to talk about what had happened in Egypt.
Interviews where books by Darius A Spieth were recommended
The best books on French Egyptomania, recommended by Diane Greco Josefowicz
Using examples that range from vaudeville plays to secret societies, Josefowicz paints a colourful picture of the period when, inspired by Napoleon, the French were whipped into an Egyptian frenzy
