Abyssinian - by Jean-Christophe Rufin (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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.
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