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She is a woman in conflict with her time. Gillian Bradshaw's acclaimed novel portrays the last days of the Roman Empire through the eyes of Charis of Ephesus, a young noblewoman struggling to escape the narrow domestic straitjacket of convention. Spurred on by her family's attempts to marry her off to the cruel governor Festinus, Charis disguises herself as a eunuch and runs away to Alexandria. It is her dream - a seemingly impossible dream for a woman in AD 371 - to study the arts of Hippocratic medicine and to become a physician...
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The Beacon at Alexandria, Gillian Bradshaw
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- Jaar van publicatie
- 1988
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- Titel
- The Beacon at Alexandria
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Gillian Bradshaw
- Uitgever
- Penguin Books
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1988
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 376
- ISBN10
- 0140104356
- ISBN13
- 9780140104356
- Reeks
- Tags
- Fictie, Gezondheid & Medisch, Romantiek, Historische romans, Liefde, Vrouwen, Geneeskunde, Afrika, Oudheid, Egypte, Griekenland, Oude Rome, 4e eeuw
- Eerste editie
- 1994
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- The beacon at Alexandria
- Beoordeling
- 4,3 van 5
- Aantekening
- She is a woman in conflict with her time. Gillian Bradshaw's acclaimed novel portrays the last days of the Roman Empire through the eyes of Charis of Ephesus, a young noblewoman struggling to escape the narrow domestic straitjacket of convention. Spurred on by her family's attempts to marry her off to the cruel governor Festinus, Charis disguises herself as a eunuch and runs away to Alexandria. It is her dream - a seemingly impossible dream for a woman in AD 371 - to study the arts of Hippocratic medicine and to become a physician...