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New York: Harper Perennial / Ecco, 2002. 1st Ecco Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good. At the turn of the nineteenth century in England, a young, beautiful Mary Ann Bulkeley gives birth to a redheaded baby girl of uncertain paternity Before the sensitve tomboy turns ten, the family determines she should be raised and schooled as a boy." So begins The Doctor, a provocative, illuminating novel based on a true story about a brilliant female physician who is compelled to live as a man under the name James Miranda Barry. Patricia Duncker traces Barry's incredible life over the course of five decades and across three continents, from his cross-dressing child genius days to medical school in Edinburgh, Scotland; from his glorious career as a military surgeon to his adventures as a celebrated duelist and social figure known throughout the world. This richly inventive and entertaining tale of dark family secrets, adultery, and colonial history is a transforming contemplation on the substance…
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THE MAN WITH A MOUSTACHE sweeps me up in his arms and bangs me down upon the balustrade.
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- Title The Doctor
- Author Patricia Duncker
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ecco Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date July 2, 2002
- ISBN 9780060090418 / 0060090413
- Weight 0.68 lbs (0.31 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.31 x 0.86 in (20.32 x 13.49 x 2.18 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Gender identity
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99057062
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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