Author: Jean-Christophe Rufin
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393321098
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
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.