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"The beginning of this story is a curious fact: In 1699, Louis XIV of France sent an embassy to the most mysterious and fabled of oriental sovereigns, the Negus, or King, of Abyssinia (modern day Ethiopia). Louis' hope was to lure that country, nominally Christian for centuries, into the political and religious orbit of France."--BOOK JACKET. "Jean-Baptiste Poncet, gifted 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…
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4 editions- Paperback · English · 2000Pan MacMillan · 432 pages · 9780330393874
- Other · English · 2000W. W. Norton & Company · 448 pages · 9780393321098
- Other · English · 1999AbyssinianPan Macmillan · 422 pages · 9780330370110
- Other · English · 1999Norton · 422 pages · 9780393047165
ConsulsPhysiciansMuslimsFrench Diplomatic and consular serviceEuropeansHistoryFictionFiction, historical