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MAGISTRA

A stunning novel about impossible love, set in Italy at Europe's first medical school, where women studied alongside men.

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Salerno, Italy

1182

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Eva Guarna is a medical apprentice who wants to become a physician.

She adores her teacher, Trota, is quietly in love with a classmate, Urso, but a spiritual encounter sets her off on a quest to understand the true nature of love.

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Magistra features powerful women, a diverse cast, and the remarkable practice of holistic, herbal, mind-body healing.

This is the Middle Ages like you’ve never seen it before, an age of awakening and light.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Hi, I'm Zoë Ferraris. I’m the author of an award-winning series of novels: Finding Nouf, City of Veils, and Kingdom of Strangers.

 

My books, literary mysteries that explore gender in Saudi Arabia, have been international bestsellers and have sold in 45 countries.

 

I've had a 25-year romance with Salerno, Italy. It's the most beautiful town I've ever seen, and I'm thrilled to share its historic wonders in Magistra.

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I have an MFA in Fiction from Columbia University, and I live in San Francisco and Salerno, Italy.

SALERNO

To read more about Magistra, the city of Salerno, and the extraordinary history of its medicine, check out my Substack, Story Medicine.

Medieval medicine is nothing like you think - it's going to blow your mind!

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