Well the novel I'm reading right now is a bit slow going, but still worth getting through. The year is 1699 and King Louis XIV of France is sending ambassadors to Abyssinia to slowly, but surely, convert Africa. Since Abyssinia is VERY hostile toward Catholics, Louis is forced to send a his Jesuit ambassador disguised with an apothecary who is contracted to cure the king of Abyssinia of a skin disease.
Our apothecary, Jean Baptist seems to be one of the main characters so far. There is a very understated, secret love between him and the consul's daughter, Mademoiselle de Maillet. In the second section of the book, they've just left for Abyssinia. We'll see what happens.
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