Medico de Cuerpos y Almas : El Periplo del Gran Sanador San Lucas, el Tercer Evangelista

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Generally, I like historical novels, especially ones that are biblically based. I also like doctor novels. I expected to love this book, and I did -- most of it. Some niggly parts niggled -- treatments I am pretty sure didn't exist at the time, miraculous healings, and some attitudes that were pr...

from CatQuilt

If you want to get a sense of what it was like around the time of Jesus's death, the early spread of Christianity, this is an excellent book. It's about the life of Saint Luke and how he fought against God and Christianity but came to embrace them and wrote his gospel.

from BryanThomasS

Fictionalized but compelling life of Saint Luke.

from lidaskoteina

I disliked this book, though I did finish it. "Fulsome prose." I am no expert, but to me it seemed full of anachronisms and anti-democracy propaganda, cultural stereotypes, and just plain invention.

from janerawoof

A somewhat old-fashioned although beautifully written book. This novel tells the story of St. Luke, called herein Lucanus, from childhood, adoption by a kindly Roman patrician as the latter's son, medical studies in Alexandria, to his wanderings to serve the poor. He comes to a belief in Christ a...