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Key ideas from the book
- Eleanore’s work as a midwife and herbalist brings her into contact with the realities of healing in medieval Avignon.
- Her apprenticeship with Guigo de Chauliac combines folk knowledge with anatomy, astrology, and surgical techniques.
- The Black Death’s arrival places the city and its inhabitants under mounting pressure.
- Eleanore’s care for the pregnant Queen Joanna connects her work to the political world around Pope Clement.
- The witch hunt shows the danger faced by a skilled, unwed woman in a frightened community.
About Eleanore of Avignon by Elizabeth DeLozier
Set in Avignon, Provence, in 1347, Elizabeth DeLozier’s historical novel follows Eleanore Blanchet, a midwife and herbalist whose healing work draws her into a city facing the arrival of the Black Death. Eleanore wants the freedom to pursue her calling, even as she knows that an intelligent, unwed woman who attracts attention may be in danger.
After meeting Guigo de Chauliac, physician to Pope Clement, Eleanore becomes his apprentice. Her training brings together her existing knowledge of folk medicine with anatomy, astrology, and surgical techniques. As the plague spreads, she is also called to serve the pregnant Queen Joanna, while fear and desperation in Avignon fuel a witch hunt.
Readers interested in medieval France, the history of healing, and historical fiction about women’s work and vulnerability will find these subjects at the center of the novel.
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