Download or read book The Abyssinian written by Jean-Christophe Rufin and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1999 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.