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The Beacon at Alexandria
The Beacon at Alexandria | Gillian Bradshaw
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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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Reread a favorite, about an Early Christian girl who becomes a doctor. The pacing is maybe a bit wonky, but I love the characters. #historicalfiction #gillianbradshaw

Chachic I read this when Rachel Neumeier sent me a copy! I found it interesting but I might have loved reading it more when I was younger. 7y
meichner87 @Chachic Yeah, I could see that! 7y
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