The Abyssinian
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The Abyssinian is a 1997 historical adventure novel by Jean-Christophe Rufin
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). Along the way he must face various perils while trying to win over his true love.
Jean-Christophe Rufin
Jean-Christophe Rufin is a French doctor and novelist. He is the president of Action Against Hunger and one of the founders of Médecins Sans Frontières. He was Ambassador of France in Senegal from 2007 to June 2010.-Early life:...
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Plot introduction
The Abyssinian tells the story of a young French physician who is sent as part of a diplomatic mission to Abyssinia (present-day EthiopiaEthiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
). Along the way he must face various perils while trying to win over his true love.
Characters in "The Abyssinian"
- Jean-Baptiste Poncet a French apothecarian who has been practicing medicine without a formal license.
- Maître Juremi a colleague of Jean-Baptiste who has fled France because of his Protestant religious beliefs
- Monsieur de Maillet the French consul in CairoCairoCairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
- Monsieur de Macé an expert linguist who works for Monsieur de Maillet