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The Abyssinian / Jean-Christophe Rufin ; translated by Willard Wood.
LIBRA - Special PQ2678.U357 A62913 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rufin, Jean-Christophe, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715--Fiction.
- Louis.
- Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
- Consuls--Egypt--Cairo--Fiction.
- Consuls.
- Europeans--Egypt--Cairo--Fiction.
- Europeans.
- Muslims--Egypt--Cairo--Fiction.
- Muslims.
- Diplomatic and consular service, French--Ethiopia--Fiction.
- Diplomatic and consular service, French.
- Physicians--Ethiopia--Fiction.
- Physicians.
- History.
- Islamic Empire--17th century--Fiction.
- Islamic Empire.
- Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Fiction.
- Turkey.
- Cairo (Egypt)--History--17th century--Fiction.
- Cairo (Egypt).
- Egypt--Cairo.
- Ethiopia.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 422 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Norton, 2000.
- Summary:
- Sent by King Louis XIV to Abyssinia (modern-day Ethiopia) on a diplomatic mission to lure that country into the political and religious orbit of France, a young physician falls in love with a consul's daughter, treats the Abyssinian king for a mysterious skin ailment, and gains a disastrous audience with the king of France. Winner of France's Prix Goncourt for First Novel.
- ISBN:
- 0393321096
- 9780393321098
- OCLC:
- 45702402
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