Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
422
Language
English
Published
Oct 1, 1999
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN-10
0393047164
ISBN-13
9780393047165
Description
A young French physician braves the wilds of Abyssinia to cure its king, then returns to France on an equally perilous mission to the court at Versailles. Along the way, he falls madly in love with the French consul's daughter and discovers the splendors of a great empire and civilization.
Genres
History