by Gillian Bradshaw · SALAMANDRA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788498382631
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In 'The Lighthouse of Alexandria', Gillian Bradshaw transports us to the year 371 AD, where Caris of Ephesus, a young woman of noble origin, escapes from an arranged marriage disguised as a eunuch. Her destination is Alexandria, where she dreams of studying medicine, an unattainable desire for a woman at that time. Despite the obstacles, Caris becomes a doctor and approaches the highest spheres of power in a declining Roman Empire. The novel stands out for its detailed description of Hippocratic medicine and its rich setting in the mythical city of Alexandria, offering an agile and historically interesting read.
Gillian Marucha Bradshaw is an American writer of historical fiction, historical fantasy, children's literature, science fiction, and contemporary science-based novels, who lives in Britain. Her serious historical novels are often set in classical antiquity — Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, the Byzantine Empire, Saka and the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Imperial Rome, Sub-Roman Britain and Roman Britain. She has also written two novels set in the English Civil War.
