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Jean-Christophe Rufin
Book List in Order: 8 titles
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The Abyssinian
- Oct-1999
- / General Fiction
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In 1699, Louis XIV of France sent an embassy to the most mysterious of oriental sovereigns, the Negus, or King, of Abyssinia (modern-day Ethiopia).
Louis' hope was to lure that country into the political and religious orbit of France. Jean-Bap... -
The Siege of Isfahan
- Mar-2001
- / General Fiction
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A luminous sequel to The Abyssinian, a headlong adventure set in the treacherous splendor of the Eastern empires.
Twenty years have passed since Jean-Baptiste Poncet's daring mission to the remote and exotic court of the King of Abyssinia. We ... -
Brazil Red
- Aug-2004
- / General Fiction
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Orphaned children Just and Colombe are brought against their will into Brazil by French colonizers to learn the native language and become interpreters, in an adventure that pits them against such challenges as cannibals, the expedition's eccentric l...
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The Dream Maker
- Nov-2013
- / Historical
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“Rufin offers his readers a return . . . to a time when the wildest dreamer could be a wealthy merchant -- Jacques Coeur, the treasurer poet” (Les Echos).After a brilliant career as a trader, Jacques Coeur was summoned to the court of C...
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The Red Collar
- Jul-2015
- / General Fiction
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“A beautifully memorable and unusual story about war and what it does to us” from the bestselling author and founder of Doctors Without Borders (The Independent).In 1919, in a small town in the province of Berry, France, under the crushing heat o...
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Checkpoint
- May-2017
- / Literary
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A novel of suspense and psychological tension set in the world of international humanitarian aid by a founder of Doctors Without Borders.The four men accompanying Maud, a young French idealist, on an aid convoy to Bosnia are very different from the c...
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The Dream Maker
- May-2017
- / Historical
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After a brilliant career as a trader, Jacques Coeur was summoned to the court of Charles VII and appointed Master of the Mint in 1436. He rose to become the King of France's visionary First Banker who, with his tours of the Far East, his opposition t...
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The Hanged Man of Conakry
- Jan-2022
- / Mystery
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Something has got Aurel Timescu’s attention: an unsolved and apparently unsolvable crime. A vacationer has been found hanged. And it is a crime that will go unpunished if Aurel isn’t ready for the fight of his life.Aurel Timescu’s French is tin...