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The Abyssinian / Jean-Christophe Rufin ; translated by Willard Wood.
Van Pelt Library PQ2678.U357 A62913 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rufin, Jean-Christophe, 1952-
- Standardized Title:
- Abyssin. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715--Fiction.
- Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
- Consuls--Egypt--Cairo--Fiction.
- Europeans--Egypt--Cairo--Fiction.
- Muslims--Egypt--Cairo--Fiction.
- Diplomatic and consular service, French--Ethiopia--Fiction.
- Physicians--Ethiopia--Fiction.
- History.
- Physicians.
- Diplomatic and consular service, French.
- Muslims.
- Europeans.
- Consuls.
- Islamic Empire--17th century--Fiction.
- Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Fiction.
- Cairo (Egypt)--History--17th century--Fiction.
- Turkey.
- Islamic Empire.
- Ethiopia.
- Egypt--Cairo.
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 422 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Norton, [1999]
- Summary:
- A young French physician braves the wilds of Abyssinia to cure its king, then returns to France on an equally perilous mission to the court at Versailles. Along the way, he falls madly in love with the French consul's daughter and discovers the splendors of a great empire and civilization.
- ISBN:
- 0393047164
- OCLC:
- 40964974
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