The Beacon at Alexandria by Gillian Bradshaw

The Beacon at Alexandria

Gillian Bradshaw

376 pages first pub 1986 (view editions)

fiction historical romance adventurous challenging slow-paced
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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 Je...

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Moods

adventurous: 80%

inspiring: 60%

emotional: 40%

dark: 20%

hopeful: 20%

informative: 20%

reflective: 20%

tense: 20%


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