Hunted by anti-Christian repression in Cochinchina, driven out of Battambang by a princely revolt, confidant of King Ang Duong at the court of Oudong: the life of Jean-Claude Miche, a missionary from the Vosges who became bishop of Cambodia, reads like an adventure novel. He was also, quietly, one of the most decisive architects behind the birth of the French protectorate in 1863.
