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- 376pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
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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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- Pubblicato
- 1988
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- Titolo
- The Beacon at Alexandria
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Gillian Bradshaw
- Editore
- Penguin Books
- Pubblicato
- 1988
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 376
- ISBN10
- 0140104356
- ISBN13
- 9780140104356
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Salute & Medicina, Letteratura romantica, Prosa storica, Amore, Donne, Medicina, Africa, Tempi antichi, Egitto, Grecia, Antica Roma, IV Secolo
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1994
- Titolo originale
- The beacon at Alexandria
- Valutazione
- 4,3 su 5
- Descrizione
- 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...