In the late Fourth Century AD, young Charis dreams of becoming a doctor, a vocation forbidden to her because she is a woman. She escapes to Alexandria, the city of learning, where she poses as a eunuch, thus avoiding all disabilities available to women in those years, and serves as a doctor for a Roman legion serving on the frontier. She subsists in this way until events change her destiny and allow her dreams to become reality.
A fascinating accurate read for anyone attracted by historical novels.
fascinating historical account of a woma
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