The Abyssinian
Rufin, Jean-Christophe
ISBN 10: 0393321096 ISBN 13: 9780393321098
Editore: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000
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In 1699, Louis XIV of France sent an embassy to the most mysterious of oriental sovereigns, the Negus, or King, of Abyssinia (modern-day Ethiopia). Louis's hope was to lure that country into the political and religious orbit of France. Jean-Baptiste Poncet, young apothecary/physician to the pashas of Cairo, is the hero of this romantic epic embroidering upon the known details of that long-forgotten embassy. Selected by the French consul to lead the mission, Poncet travels through the deserts of Egypt and the mountains of Abyssinia to the court of the Negus, thence to Versailles and back again. Along the way he falls madly in love with the consul's daughter, treats the Negus for a mysterious skin ailment, and gains a disastrous audience with the king of France.
Product Description: Jean-Baptiste Poncet is a young doctor working in Cairo who becomes obsessed with the empire and civilization of Abyssinia. By infiltrating the court at Versailles he manages to keep at bay all those who would conquer Abyssinia.
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Titolo: The Abyssinian
Casa editrice: W. W. Norton & Company
Data di pubblicazione: 2000
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: Fair