# The Abyssinian

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- Book: [The Abyssinian](https://www.bookquiver.com/jean-christophe-rufin/the-abyssinian) ([The Abyssinian.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jean-christophe-rufin/the-abyssinian.md))
- Authors: [Jean-Christophe Rufin](https://www.bookquiver.com/jean-christophe-rufin)
- Publisher: picador
- ISBN: 978-03-3039-387-4
- Pages: 432
- Published: 2000-11-10
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Set in 1700, towards the end of the reign of Louis XIV, it follows the fortunes of a brave apothecary, a talented but unofficial doctor, who is talked into leading an embassy from Cairo to Ethiopia . . . Rufin maintains a perfect balance between impatient detachment and compassionate curiosity. The Abyssinian , like Thackeray's Vanity Fair , carries the weight of history with good-humoured finesse