El cirujano de al-Ándalus

Synopsis of El cirujano de al-Ándalus

«El cirujano de al-Ándalus» is the historical novel by Antonio Cavanillas de Blas, published by La Esfera de los Libros, S.L., in paperback (448 pages).

Set in tenth-century Córdoba, the novel follows Abul Qasim, personal physician to Caliph Abderrahmán III and a surgeon ahead of his time. He performs operations for cataracts, hernias and goiters, as well as tracheotomies, trepanations and amputations, while the plot moves between the harem, the souk and a journey to Baghdad in search of knowledge.

It belongs to the Novela histórica collection from La Esfera de los Libros, number 99. 2010 edition, text in Spanish.

For readers of historical fiction interested in caliphal Córdoba, Andalusian medicine and the surgical advances of the era.