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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
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 1988
- Oprawa
- (miękka)
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- Tytuł
- The Beacon at Alexandria
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Gillian Bradshaw
- Wydawca
- Penguin Books
- Rok wydania
- 1988
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 376
- ISBN10
- 0140104356
- ISBN13
- 9780140104356
- Seria
- Tagi
- Zdrowie & Medycyna, Miłość, Kobiety, Tematyka medyczna, Starożytność, Afryka, Egipt, Grecja, Starożytny Rzym, IV wiek
- Pierwsze wydanie
- 1994
- Oryginalna nazwa
- The beacon at Alexandria
- Ocena
- 4,3 z 5
- Opis
- 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...