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The Surgeon's Apprentice

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The Surgeon's Apprentice

A novel detailing the early years of the Flemish surgeon, explorer, astrologer, natural philosopher and proto-scientist Frans Michielszoon van Raveyck (1610-95). Born in mysterious circumstances in a small town in Flanders on Christmas Day 1610, the hero later becomes stepson to the town's surgeon and is apprenticed to him following the family's flight to England in 1622 to escape a charge of witchcraft. Forced to flee once more in 1625, to the Netherlands, following an unsuccessful operation for bladder stone on a local outlaw, Frans and his stepfather enter service aboard a Dutch warship and are involved in the disastrous Anglo-Dutch expedition to Cadiz in October 1625. Taken prisoner by the Spaniards, Frans escapes conscription into the Spanish Army only by entering service aboard a Dunkirk privateer ship, which takes him back to Flanders at the end of 1625.

Country	USA
Author	John Biggins
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780956542304
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	John Biggins
Manufacturer	John Biggins
NumberOfPages	540
PublicationDate	2010-05-01
Publisher	John Biggins
ReleaseDate	2010-05-01
Studio	John Biggins

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