L'Abyssin: Relation Des Extraordinaires Voyages de Jean-Baptiste Poncet, Ambassadeur Du Negus Aupres de Sa Majeste Louis XIV: Rom
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L'Abyssin: Relation Des Extraordinaires Voyages de Jean-Baptiste Poncet, Ambassadeur Du Negus Aupres de Sa Majeste Louis XIV: Rom by Jeanchristophe Rufin
Louis' 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.
Rufin, Jean-Christophe: - Jean-Christophe Rufin is a founder of Doctors without Borders and author of the prize-winning first novel The Abyssinian. He lives in France.
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| ISBN 13 | 9782070746521 |
| ISBN 10 | 2070746526 |
| Title | L'Abyssin: Relation Des Extraordinaires Voyages de Jean-Baptiste Poncet, Ambassadeur Du Negus Aupres de Sa Majeste Louis XIV: Rom |
| Author | Jeanchristophe Rufin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | GALLIMARD |
| Year published | 1997-03-13 |
| Number of pages | 579 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |