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The Abyssinian Author: In 1699, Louis XIV of France sent an embassy to the most mysterious of oriental sovereigns, the Negus, or King, of Abyssinia (modern-day Ethiopia). 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 embro... more »
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A densely packed historical novel of 17thC France, Egypt and beyond. Adventurous and romantic, the Frnech flavor is not lost in the translation.
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