The Cape Doctor
E. J. Levy
- A
- "gorgeous,
- thoughtful,
- heartbreaking"
- historical
- novel,
- The
- Cape
- Doctor
- is
- the
- story
- of
- one
- man’s
- journey
- from
- penniless
- Irish
- girl
- to
- one
- of
- most
- celebrated
- and
- accomplished
- figures
- of
- his
- time
- (Lauren
- Fox,
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- Send
- for
- Me).Beginning
- in
- Cork,
- Ireland,
- the
- novel
- recounts
- Jonathan
- Mirandus
- Perry’s
- journey
- from
- daughter
- to
- son
- in
- order
- to
- enter
- medical
- school
- and
- provide
- for
- family,
- but
- Perry
- soon
- embraced
- the
- new-found
- freedom
- of
- living
- life
- as
- a
- man.
- From
- brilliant
- medical
- student
- in
- Edinburgh
- and
- London
- to
- eligible
- bachelor
- and
- quick-tempered
- physician
- in
- Cape
- Town,
- Dr.
- Perry
- thrived.
- When
- he
- befriended
- the
- aristocratic
- Cape
- Governor,
- the
- doctor
- rose
- to
- the
- pinnacle
- of
- society,
- before
- the
- two
- were
- publicly
- accused
- of
- a
- homosexual
- affair
- that
- scandalized
- the
- colonies
- and
- nearly
- cost
- them
- their
- lives.E.
- J.
- Levy’s
- enthralling
- novel,
- inspired
- by
- the
- life
- of
- Dr.
- James
- Miranda
- Barry,
- brings
- this
- captivating
- character
- vividly alive.
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