1. The twilight -- 2. The French fall in love -- 3. Industry and the Saint-Simonians -- 4. A man, a plan, a canal -- 5. Egypt and Rome -- 6. A journey in the desert -- 7. Whose canal? -- 8. The Sultan's shadow and the English lion -- 9. Hither and yon -- 10. The emperor and the entrepreneur -- 11. A universal company for a maritime canal -- 12. The work ahead -- 13. The Corvée -- 14. The new viceroy and his minister -- 15. Ferdinand fights back -- 16. Men and machines -- 17. The canal goes to Paris -- 18. The final stages -- 19. The desert is parted -- 20. The legacy -- Epilogue: Ozymandias.
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