Woman in Battle Dress
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Finalist for the 2016 PEN Center USA Award for Translation In 1809, at the age of eighteen, Henriette Faber enrolled herself in medical school in Paris--and since medicine was a profession prohibited to women, she changed her name to Henri in order to matriculate. She would spend the next fifteen years practicing medicine and living as a man. Drafted to serve as a surgeon in Napoleon's army, Faber endured the horrors of the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0872866769
ISBN13:9780872866768
Release Date:October 2015
Publisher:City Lights Books
Length:480 Pages
Weight:1.80 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 8.4"
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