by Antonio Benítez Rojo · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420442938
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«Mujer en traje de batalla» is the historical novel by Antonio Benítez Rojo, published by Alfaguara in paperback (520 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the late 19th century, it tells the life of Henriette Faber, a Swiss woman who disguises herself as a man to study medicine in Paris and ends up working as a surgeon in the Napoleonic army. After the wars she settles in Cuba, where she practices medicine and marries another woman; when her identity is discovered, she is exiled to New Orleans.
Novel based on a real case: the story of Henriette Faber (1791-1856).
Aimed at readers of historical fiction and literary fiction interested in biographies of pioneering women.
