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The Beacon at Alexandria

Gillian Bradshaw
4.27/5 (1356 ratings)
In the Fourth Century A.D., independent and determined young Charis is forbidden to become a doctor because she is a woman. Disguising herself as a eunuch she flees Ephesus for Alexandria, then the center of learning. There she apprentices to a Jewish doctor but eventually becomes drawn into Church politics and is forced once again to flee. She serves as an army doctor at a Roman outpost in Thrace until, kidnapped by barbarian Visigoths, she finds her destiny to heal and also to be a woman and a wife.
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
2003
Publisher:
Soho Press
Edition:
First Edition, First Printing
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1569470103
ISBN13:
9781569470107
kindle Asin:
B0CB24VB5Q

The Beacon at Alexandria

Gillian Bradshaw
4.27/5 (1356 ratings)
In the Fourth Century A.D., independent and determined young Charis is forbidden to become a doctor because she is a woman. Disguising herself as a eunuch she flees Ephesus for Alexandria, then the center of learning. There she apprentices to a Jewish doctor but eventually becomes drawn into Church politics and is forced once again to flee. She serves as an army doctor at a Roman outpost in Thrace until, kidnapped by barbarian Visigoths, she finds her destiny to heal and also to be a woman and a wife.
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
2003
Publisher:
Soho Press
Edition:
First Edition, First Printing
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1569470103
ISBN13:
9781569470107
kindle Asin:
B0CB24VB5Q