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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.
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Der Leuchtturm von Alexandria, Gillian Bradshaw
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- Released
- 1994
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- Subtitle
- Roman - Sonderausgabe
- Language
- German
- Authors
- Gillian Bradshaw
- Publisher
- Goldmann Verlag
- Released
- 1994
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 472
- ISBN10
- 344243002X
- ISBN13
- 9783442430024
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Health & Medicine, Romance, Historical Fiction, Love, Women, Medicine, Africa, Ancient History, Egypt, Greece, Ancient Rome, 4th Century
- First published
- 1994
- Original title
- The beacon at Alexandria
- Rating
- 4.3 out of 5
- Description
- 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.