Abessinier

Author/Contributor(s):	Rufin, Jean-Christophe
Publisher:	W. W. Norton & Company
Date:	11/01/2000
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.