num_pages: 376
description: In the Fourth Century A.D., independent and determined young Charis is forbidden to become a doctor because she is a woman. Disguising herself as a eunuch she flees Ephesus for Alexandria, then the center of learning. There she apprentices to a Jewish doctor but eventually becomes drawn into Church politics and is forced once again to flee. She serves as an army doctor at a Roman outpost in Thrace until, kidnapped by barbarian Visigoths, she finds her destiny to heal and also to be a woman and a wife.
language: English
title: The Beacon at Alexandria
titlecomplete: The Beacon at Alexandria
characters: Athanasius of Alexandria, Athanaric, Fritigern, Philon, Thorion, Charis of Ephesus, Festinus, Maia
genres: Historical, Historical Romance, Novels, Egypt, Africa, Romance, Historical Fiction, Ancient, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 1781
places: Thrace, Alexandria, Ephesus
publisher: Soho Press