by Jean-Christophe Rufin · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782072793257
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«Le tour du monde du roi Zibeline» is the historical novel by Jean-Christophe Rufin, published by Gallimard in paperback (416 pages, in French).
Rufin reconstructs the adventures of a young Central European aristocrat contemporary with Voltaire and Casanova. Framed by a conversation with Benjamin Franklin, the story crosses countries and seas: officer, prisoner, navigator and expedition leader, the protagonist ends up reigning in Madagascar and defending its independence.
The work was originally published on April 6, 2017; this edition in the Folio collection is from September 6, 2018.
For readers of historical and adventure fiction interested in French literature and real 18th-century figures.
Jean-Christophe Rufin is a French doctor, diplomat, historian and novelist. He is the president of Action Against Hunger, one of the earliest members of Médecins Sans Frontières, and a member of the Académie française.
