Dimensions
157 x 183 x 24mm
Alessandra Giliani has been credited by some historians with being the first female anatomist. Set in fourteenth-century Italy, this beautiful imagining of her life follows Alessandra as she runs away from her heartless stepmother and an unappealing planned marriage to follow her dream of studying medicine in Bologna. There, with shades of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, Alessandra dresses as a boy in order to pursue her passion...while finding herself falling in love with handsome Otto.
Ages: 12+
