The Beacon at Alexandria - first US edition
by Gillian Bradshaw
When Charis learns that her father has betrothed her to the hated Roman
governor Festinus, she enlists the aid of her brother and flees to Alexandria.
There, disguised as a eunuch, she begins to study Hippocratic medicine under the
tutelage of a patient Jewish physician. The young woman excels as a healer and
her fame spreads. Political intrigues force her to frontier outposts of the
Roman Empire where she practices as an army doctor. She succeeds in maintaining
her disguise until she is captured and held prisoner by the Goths during their
uprising against the Romans.
There are no previous owner's marks in the book, which has brown boards quarter
bound with tan cloth, title in gold on the spine, maps decorate end papers.
The dust jacket price has not been clipped and would be fine except for a tiny
1/4 stray pen mark on the front edge of the DJ.