Abyssinian by Jean-Christophe Rufin
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Sent by King Louis XIV to Abyssinia (modern-day Ethiopia) on a diplomatic mission to lure that country into the political and religious orbit of France, a young physician falls in love with a consul's daughter, treats the Abyssinian king for a mysterious skin ailment, and gains a disastrous audience with the king of France. Winner of France's Prix Goncourt for First Novel.
