Tell a friend about this book...
Friend's Email:
Subject: I have found a book that I think you would enjoy
Member $avings: $30,723,552.50
|
Books Available: 5,067,495
|
Members Online: 165
Your Source for Swapping & Buying Books Online!
How To Swap Books
Sign Up
Search 
Kiosk
All Books
PBS Market (New Books)
Book Browser
Advanced Search
Books Posted Today
Member Book Reviews
Award Winning Books
NYT Best Sellers
Most Traveled Copies
Club Wish List
Login
Community
Member Directory
Discussion Forums
Book Lists
Blog
Donations
Live Chat
Box-O-Books
Maps
The Eclectic Pen
Fun Stuff
Top 100
Pulse of PBS
Spread The Word
Photo Gallery
Recipes
Club Tag Cloud
Member Testimonials
Help Center
Kiosk
Need Help?
Search - The Beacon at Alexandria (Hera)
|
|
The Beacon at Alexandria - Hera Author: When Charis learns that her father has betrothed her to the hated Roman governor Festinus, she enlists the aid of her brother and flees to Alexandria. There, disguised as a eunuch, she begins to study Hippocratic medicine under the tutelage of a patient Jewish physician. The young woman excels as a healer and her fame spreads. Political intrigue... more »
|
Similar books to this author and title:
Members who requested this book also requested:
Top Member Book Reviews
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
The story of a woman of 4th century Ephesus wh escapes marriage to a tyrant and poses as a man so she can stury medicine in Alexandria. I good story which gives readers a picture of life during ancient times.
Genres: