Historical Fiction Book Club
Thu, Apr 17
|Birch Tree Books
Join us for the discussion with your host Hope.
Time & Location
Apr 17, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Birch Tree Books , 11 W Market St, Leesburg, VA 20176, USA
About the event
Buy Eleanore from Avignon from Bookshop.org
A Library Reads Pick
An Aardvark Book Club Pick!
Rich with unforgettable characters, gorgeously drawn, and full of captivating historical drama, Eleanore of Avignon is the story of a healer who risks her life, her freedom, and everything she holds dear to protect her beloved city from the encroaching Black Death
Provence, 1347. Eleanore (Elea) Blanchet is a young midwife and herbalist with remarkable skills. But as she learned the day her mother died, the most dangerous thing a woman can do is draw attention to herself. She attends patients in her home city of Avignon, spends time with her father and twin sister, gathers herbs in the surrounding woods, and dreams of the freedom to pursue her calling without fear.
In a chance encounter, Elea meets Guigo de Chauliac, the enigmatic personal physician to the powerful Pope Clement, and strikes a deal with…