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James Miranda Barry Book
At the turn of the nineteenth century ten-year-old James Miranda Barry enrolled as a medical student in Edinburgh the start of a glorious career as a military surgeon. Across the Empire Barry achieved fame not only as a brilliant physician but also a legendary duellist and a celebrated social figure. But James Miranda Barry was also a woman. Her greatest achievement of all had been to 'pass' for a man for more than fifty years. Patricia Duncker's novel tells Barry's story for the first time in a richly inventive and entertaining tale of dark family secrets adultery questioned paternity and colonial history. It confirms her rare talent as a writer of profound ideas and immense storytelling power.Read More
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- 1408812169
- 9781408812167
- Patricia Duncker
- 18 July 2011
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Paperback (Book)
- 400
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