"Ambassadeur de France auprès du sultan du Maroc, François Pidou de Saint-Olon raconte dans son Etat présent les grandes heures de la mission impossible que lui a confiée Louis XIV en vue de libérer les captifs français du royaume chérifien. La scénographie flamboyante de l'ambassade et la concise relation des richesses et des singularités d'un pays encore largement terra incognito font de ce document barbaresque publié en 1694 un petit chefs-d'Ĺ“uvre de littérature diplomatique de l'âge baroque. -- Back cover."
"Ambassadeur de Louis XIV, l'auteur dresse un portrait du Maroc."
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