Beacon at Alexandria (The Hera Series) Reviews

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.