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Bezig met laden... Soul Flame (editie 1989)door Barbara Wood (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkSelene door Barbara Wood
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Sie hatte heilende Hände, ein Schicksal zu tragen und eine Prphezeiung zu erfüllen, spielt um 100 vor unserer Zeitrechnung I wasn't really sure which genre to assign this novel to. It's not straight historical fiction; I consider it historical fantasy. There is a certain amount of romance, but nothing tasteless. The story is that of the healer Selene. From Palmyra she travels to Antioch, Persia, Babylon, Jerusalem, Alexandria, and finally Rome where she meets her destiny. In the novel she is enslaved for awhile, then escapes. She reunites with her sweetheart of years before, the surgeon Andreas; they had been separated by someone else's lie. In her travels, Selene notes medical practices everywhere she goes. Finally, the two attempt to build a hospital, despite obstacles and sabotage ordered by the evil empress Agrippina. This book was quick reading. Characters seemed one-dimensional. It was too sentimental. The history I felt was poor, e.g., introducing characters from India. But anything medical was fascinating; I felt the author was on surer ground there. Eine interessante Geschichte, die versucht, sehr viele unterschiedliche Aspekte unter einen Hut zu bringen. Viele Personen und Orte werden nur oberflächlich beschrieben, trotzdem hat die Geschichte mit der Heilerin Selene eine sympathische Protagonistin, für die es sich lohnt, bis zur letzten Seite durchzuhalten. Gute Unterhaltung für Zwischendurch! geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Acclaimed novelist Barbara Wood combines her superb storytelling gifts with medical and historical fact to create the epic adventure of an unusual and gifted young woman seeking her destiny in the ancient healing arts. Born into the tumultuous world of ancient Antioch, Selene is orphaned at birth. But before her father dies, he leaves a puzzling clue to her heritage: she has come from the gods and has a special destiny to fulfill. In the coming years, Selene studies the primitive healing arts with Mera, the healer-woman who adopts her. She learns how to lower fevers by brewing Hecate's Cure from the willow tree, how to apply green mold to an open wound to prevent infection, and most important, how to calm a patient by summoning the inner power of the "soul flame." But on her sixteenth birthday, Selene falls in love with Andreas, a passionate and troubled surgeon. When fate cruelly separates them, Selene's search for Andreas takes her to the great centers of civilization in the ancient world--Egypt, Babylon, and Rome. Desperate to find Andreas, Selene is torn between love and her dreams of healing when a revolutionary vision brings her to the fulfillment of her destiny--and the dawn of modern medicine. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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