| The Siege of Isfahan Contributor(s): Rufin, Jean-Christophe (Author), Wood, Willard (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0393323390 ISBN-13: 9780393323399 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2002 Annotation: A luminous sequel to "The Abyssinian, " and a headlong adventure set in the treacherous splendor of the Eastern empires. This is the beginning of Poncet's circuitous return to Isfahan, where his wife and daughter are trapped by a besieging army of the Afghan king, Mahmud. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.46" W x 8.24" (0.77 lbs) 382 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Twenty years have passed since Jean-Baptiste Poncet's daring mission to the remote and exotic court of the King of Abyssinia. We find him now in Isfahan, capital of Persia, practicing medicine in the court of the Shah. In order to rescue his old friend Juremi, imprisoned in the Urals, Poncet travels in disguise to Russia, where he engages in a diplomatic duel of wits with Peter the Great. The friends, reunited, are captured by nomads and sold as slaves in Afghanistan. This is the beginning of Poncet's circuitous return to Isfahan, where his wife and daughter are trapped by a besieging army of the Afghan king, Mahmud. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rufin, Jean-Christophe: - Jean-Christophe Rufin is a founder of Doctors without Borders and author of the prize-winning first novel The Abyssinian. He lives in France. |
