The Surgeon's Apprentice

The Surgeon's Apprentice
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Download or read book The Surgeon's Apprentice written by John Biggins and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-27 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born on Christmas Day 1610 in a Flanders cowshed, Frans Michielszoon van Raveyck grows up to become one of the most singular minds of the 17th century: surgeon, inventor, engineer, explorer, astrologer and proto-scientist, employed at various times - and with somewhat mixed results - in the service of most of the kings of Christendom.This first volume of his biography takes us from his humble nativity through his family's flight to England, his apprenticeship as a surgeon there, and finally to his involvement aboard a Dutch warship in the disastrous naval expedition to Cadiz in the autumn of 1625; an enterprise regarded by connoisseurs of incompetence as the worst-conducted military operation in Britain's entire history. Which young Frans, however, observing the chaos around him, attributes to the expedition having neglected to take a good astrologer along with it..."John Biggins is the author of a wry and fascinating tetralogy of novels... The Surgeon's Apprentice is another soundly researched tale... it makes for a good yarn." - The Spectator, Books of the Year 2010


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