Once signed marvel Rufin. Save Isfahan is the sequel to The Abyssinian and is in its continuity: a melting pot of fictionalized history, travel, adventure and political plots, all in an atmosphere XVIII absolutely delicious. Jean Baptiste Poncet, the talented chemist, learns the arrival of his friend Françoise in Isfahan. This explains the misfortunes of Juremi her husband. Hired as a lieutenant in the Swedish army, he fell into Russian hands and held prisoner. Poncet then decided to go for his faithful friend. The curtain opens on a scene of caravanserais and gigantic temples decadent princes, in an atmosphere of red sand and burning sun. Throughout the book, we find lovable characters and villains, good as deceitful. All are linked by the passion for power and break out in very oriental political strategies, where the mood of a prince decides the fate of an entire people. In a very pure style, Rufin uses history to take us to his outstanding imagination. This trip worth doing.
