The Book of Madness and Cures Lib/E (Audiobook)

from hfineisen

If you judge a book by its cover, this would be a 5 star book. Unfortunately, Regina O'Melveny doesn't quite live up to the artistry that jacket designer Keith Hayes evokes. Hayes lures the reader in with the lovely Giovanna Tornabuoni by Domenico Ghirlandio (1489-1490)surrounded by some mixed me...

from ceg045

I received The Book of Madness and Cures as part of a Goodreads giveaway.I read this book (and wrote its review) quite some time ago; however, somehow it must not have gotten posted.Gabriella is a rarity: a female physician, tutored by her father and practicing in Renaissance Venice. Her world fa...

from LissaJ

Gabriella is a sixteenth century woman doctor who journeys after her father, who departed home over ten years ago. Her travels take her through treacherous territory and dangerous villages. An especially well written scene takes her through a village in which the women are gone (I won't spoil the...

from sleahey

Another novel about a woman medical practitioner who must fight the male hierarchy, seemingly wherever she goes in 16th century Europe. Gabriella Mondini sets off to find her missing doctor father, and her quest takes her to Germany, Amsterdam, Edinborough, Spain, and finally Morocco. Along the w...

from melydia

I picked this up on a whim because of the title and the setting (16th century Italy), but it did not end up being all that great. It is the story of a woman doctor journeying around Europe in search of her father, who disappeared some years before. The descriptions of contemporary medical case st...