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Author:

Rufin, Jean-Christophe, 1952-

Title:

The Abyssinian / Jean-Christophe Rufin ; translated by Willard Wood.

Publisher:

Norton,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

422 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Louis--XIV,--King of France,--1638-1715--Fiction.
Consuls--Cairo--Cairo--Fiction.
Europeans--Cairo--Cairo--Fiction.
Muslims--Cairo--Cairo--Fiction.
Diplomatic and consular service, French--Ethiopia--Fiction.
Physicians--Ethiopia--Fiction.
Islamic Empire--17th century--Fiction.
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Fiction.
Cairo (Egypt)--History--17th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.

Other Authors:

Wood, Willard.

Other Titles:

Abyssin. English

Summary:

A young French doctor braves the wilds of 17th century Abyssinia to cure the country's sick king and gain an ally for Louis XIV. On his success rides a knighthood and the hand of a beautiful woman. Adventure, love and cultural differences by a French doctor who served with Médecins sans Frontières.

ISBN:

9780393047165
0393047164

LCCN:

99025126

Locations:

ACPD686 -- Carnegie-Evans Public Library (Albia)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PYAX423 -- ECC - Osgood Library (Iowa Falls)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)