El médico de Flandes

Synopsis of El médico de Flandes

«El médico de Flandes» is the historical novel by Antonio Cavanillas de Blas, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (313 pages, in Spanish).

Organized as correspondence and based on historical documentation, the novel follows Andrés Vesalio, a highly prestigious surgeon in the sixteenth century, until he becomes personal physician to Philip II. Amid anecdotes of his craft and his relationships with several women, it paints a portrait of customs and life in the monarch's era.

The novel, published on June 2, 2000, belongs to the Novela histórica collection from Plaza & Janés; the protagonist, Andrés Vesalio, is documented as a historical surgeon (1514-1564).