by Frank G. Slaughter · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401472725
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«La espada y el bisturí» is the historical novel by Frank G. Slaughter, published by Plaza & Janés in 1999, in paperback (312 pages, in Spanish).
Set during the Korean War, it follows a military surgeon assigned to a MASH unit who is taken prisoner when his position is overrun. In captivity, he must preserve his vocation and compassion while enduring interrogations and privations, a tale about medical ethics, loyalty, and dignity under pressure.
Translation by Mary Williams de la Barra; original title: Sword and Scalpel. Frank G. Slaughter Library collection (no. 7).
For readers of historical fiction and war fiction, with an interest in moral dilemmas and military medicine.
Frank Gill Slaughter, pen-name Frank G. Slaughter, pseudonym C. V. Terry, was an American novelist and physician whose books sold more than 60 million copies. His novels drew on his own experience as a doctor and his interest in history and the Bible. Through his novels, he often introduced readers to new findings in medical research and new medical technologies.
