by Josep Vicent Boira Maiques · Publicacions de la Universitat de València · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437069784
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«Una illa remota» is the novel by Josep Vicent Boira Maiques published in paperback by Publicacions de la Universitat de València (276 pages, in Catalan).
George Cleghorn, a Scottish military doctor, arrives in Menorca in the 18th century during the British occupation. The clash with a remote and unknown island transforms his enlightened outlook and reveals to him another way of understanding science and life. A novel inspired by the real story of Cleghorn, author of a study on the epidemics of Menorca.
It is number 2 in the Ciència entre Lletres collection, from Publicacions de la Universitat de València. The first edition is from 2008.
A work for readers interested in the history of medicine, 18th-century Menorca and novels based on real characters.
