The Siege of IsfahanW. W. Norton & Company, 2001 - 373 sider It is twenty years since Jean-Baptiste Poncet, through his apothecary skills and daring diplomacy, cured the ailing Negus of Abyssinia and saved that country from the political ambitions of the Sun King, Louis XIV of France. Poncet now finds himself 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 the beginning of Poncet's circuitous return to Isfahan, where his wife and daughter are trapped inside the walls by a besieging army of the Afghan king, Mahmud. Subtle, erudite, exciting, and beautifully crafted, this is historical fiction that belongs on the shelf beside the work of Patrick O'Brian. |
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Abyssinia Afghan Ahmad al-Huda Alix Amanullah animal Armenian arms army arrived asked Jean-Baptiste Baptiste Bibichev camp caravanserai Cardinal Alberoni Chahar Bagh consul cried crowd Daoud Pasha dark desert despite door Dostom elephants everything eyes face felt finally followed Françoise Françoise's garden George girl guard hair Halquist hand happy head horses Huseyn Isfahan janissaries Jean Julfa Juremi Kashan king Kirghiz knew kurgan Küyük leave looked Mahmud mahouts Majesty Mazucchetti Mongol Monsieur de Maillet Monsignor morning Murad nazir Nerses never night Nur al-Huda palace patriarch Persian pleasure Poncet poor prisoners reached red virgin Reza rose royal Russian Saba Saint-Août seemed servant shouted side silence slaves smile soldiers steppes stone tell things thought took travelers tsar Turks turned veil voice waiting walked walls woman Yahya Beg young