The Beacon at Alexandria
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| Author | : Gillian Bradshaw |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1986 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1569470103 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781569470107 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Beacon at Alexandria by : Gillian Bradshaw
Book excerpt: 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.
