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The siege of Isfahan / Jean-Christophe Rufin ; translated from the French by Willard Wood.
Van Pelt Library PQ2678.U357 S2813 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rufin, Jean-Christophe, 1952-
- Standardized Title:
- Sauver Isfahan. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725.
- Physicians--Iran--Fiction.
- Physicians.
- Sieges--Fiction.
- Sieges.
- History.
- Iran.
- Afghanistan.
- Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725--Fiction.
- Peter.
- Iṣfahān (Iran)--Fiction.
- Iṣfahān (Iran).
- Afghanistan--History--Fiction.
- Iran--History--16th-18th centuries--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 373 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton, [2001]
- Summary:
- This sequel to "The Abyssinian" takes place 20 years later, as Jean-Baptistie Poncet finds himself in Isfahan, capital of Persia, practicing medicine in the court of the Shah. Poncet's adventures include a diplomatic duel of wits with Peter the Great to save a friend imprisoned in Russia, and a face-off with the Afghan king, Mahmud.
- Notes:
- Sequel to: The Abyssinian.
- ISBN:
- 0393049884
- OCLC:
- 45064652
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