I've just read (on Wikipedia mind) that in the 1790s, the Ottoman Empire was beginning to undergo military reform. Constantinople was by European standards on good terms with Revolutionary France at the time and had requested military advisors to aid the reforms. The littler known artillery officer Bonaparte was chosen to go, however a few days before he set to sail, revolt gripped Paris, Napoleon smelt the 'whiff of grapeshot' and the rest is history.
So let's say he sets sail early, what effect could Nappy have on the Ottoman Empire, how high and influential could he get (the title is an obvious extreme)?
So let's say he sets sail early, what effect could Nappy have on the Ottoman Empire, how high and influential could he get (the title is an obvious extreme)?