by Tessa Korber · Byblos · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466621748
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«El médico del emperador» is the historical novel by Tessa Korber, published by Byblos in paperback (576 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Claudius Galenus, a Greek physician born in Pergamon who completes his training in Alexandria before settling in Rome, where he practices among gladiators and senators and ends up becoming the personal physician of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Between the court and the intrigues of power, he recalls a life marked by the love of three women and by a profession that allowed him to know all strata of society.
Work originally published in German as «Der Medicus des Kaisers», translated by Laura Manero. Byblos collection, number 2528/1.
For readers of historical fiction set in ancient Rome interested in real figures such as Marcus Aurelius and his court.
